One in a billion

Another chicken blog, sorry about that. Seems like it is all I write about! But this one is really cool! Often when hens begin to lay it is very common for two yolks to be in one shell. They are normally found in quite large eggs. Today I was fixing Logan an egg for breakfast. Of course he found the largest egg I had and I cracked it in the pan and was amazed. It had not one or two yolks but THREE! I of course grabbed the camera and called everyone to see this amazing egg. I must admit I was the only one truly thrilled. Mason thinks I am crazy by this point! Emily then chose the second largest egg only to be disappointed when it had only one yolk. I looked up triple yolk on the internet and found that the odds are one in a billion. But with all the eggs produced daily maybe that isn't such a huge thing after all. I found another really unusual thing that can happen that did happen a few weeks ago, a yolkless egg. Guess those would be handy when making angel food cakes!

Fresh eggs anyone??

Well, the girls are laying. Some of my 15 hens started laying eggs several weeks ago. Call me silly but there is something so exciting about that first egg arriving! We had our grand nephews here for the weekend and I wanted them to be able to gather some eggs, just one problem. My hens weren't laying yet so I went out to "plant" some eggs and the hens had surprised me and laid 2 eggs! I am getting anywhere from 5-7 a day,some big and some very small!

Barred Rock
(this girl nearly died when our dog thought she was a chew toy-I know where the saying tough old bird comes from!)

Black Sexlink

Buff Orpington and Black Australorp

Rhoad Island Red and Barred Rock

PS. If anyone needs fresh eggs just call!