EGGS HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED! The girls were born (hatched) on June 1st so they are now almost 6 months old, which is typically when pullets (young hens) begin to lay eggs. Check out the video for real-time excitement over discovering the first eggs from our flock! Just look at this beautiful bounty! Nothing quite compares to the excitement of finding fresh eggs in the coop for the first time. Though it's probably tied with watching your own chicks hatch from their eggs after 21 long days in an incubator. I decided to gift the first few eggs to the family I'm currently working for as a nanny. They are good family friends and have always supported my chicken obsession, so this feels like a good way to pay it back. I cracked open the first egg in a glass bowl at their place to see how high the yolk stands up. I was always taught that pullet eggs were higher in protein than older hen eggs, and that makes the yolk stand up pretty tall. I haven't done any si...
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