All four chickens are laying and so they're all, officially, adults! Hens not pullets. And we appreciate their efforts very much. It certainly sounds like a great effort to lay an egg; they all make that well-known "cluck-a-cluck-a-CLUCK!" sound right after laying, sometimes in harmony. It's loud but quite charming. It lets me know they're working hard!
Something I am coming to appreciate about these homegrown eggs is how beautiful they are. Sure, the nice deep yellow-orange yolk is often mentioned, but you can't forget about their shells. What variety of color and texture, even between the eggs of one hen!
Some of the eggshells have freckles, some have raised bumps, some have bands of darker color around the middle, some have wrinkles. The three hens laying brown eggs produce shells in every shade from the lightest tan to dark chocolate. Makes a carton of plain white eggs from the grocery store seem so boring!
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