Monday 6 August 2012

Inundated with eggs

This pretty little designer backyarder will help me move through that waiting list. (She's one of yours Denise)

On the weekend my curious 3 year old son was peering through a crack in the veranda and sat bolt upright screaming "Eggs, eggs."

My first thought was blue tongue lizard eggs becasue I know they live under there but to my surprise we pulled out 26 smallish white eggs. It seems Sunflower started to lay a lot earlier than expected.

We might have to change her name to Sneaky.

It was the weekend for finding eggs.  I also found a dozen or so in an old box in the laundry tucked up beside the hot water cylinder.  It kind of made sense to nest there so I have turned it into a proper broody area.

Hopefully the warm, humid environment will prompt a few more hens to sit and hatch some of these gorgeous eggs.


The initial results of the great commercial layer pellet challenge are almost ready for release...