We don’t know if the event is worthy of a Bat Mitzvah or a debutante party, but it is significant in our chicken coop. One of the chickens laid the flock’s first egg! We are now getting primed to start collecting eggs daily. Three fancy nesting boxes have been installed in the coop, but as you would imagine, the hens are ignoring it. The first egg was found on the floor. We are stuffing the hens into the nesting boxes when there is an opportunity hoping that they will get the idea.
Several weeks ago we let the flock out of the coop’s enclosure to roam around our fenced garden area. They have decimated the plants that were still in the garden, but are completely enjoying scratching and running around. Today we watched 3 chickens trying to use the same dusting hole at the same time. . . kinda like an old slap stick movie.
The rooster now has a name, Spike, and he is starting to crow and strut around like a big boy. He is also showing more authority in leading the flock, and he likes to jump the hens.
An update on the chicken gang rivalry: The Barred Rocks and Old Hens are getting along a little better, yet the pecking order is still in place. They are intermixing on the roost at night, so maybe more peace is in the future.
We didn’t have any idea that chickens could be this much fun.
