Which would you like first? Ok, ok, ok, let's start with the good news.
The good news is.... Our egg factory is in business~
That's right, we found 2 eggs in the nesting boxes today when we went out to feed the chickens. 2 eggs!
We were very excited. We were all so proud of our hens and cheering like new grandparents. I think we were just thankful that we now have at least 2 confirmed hens!
I know what you're thinking, " Those sure are small eggs!" or maybe, "2 eggs won't feed 5 hungry children!" but it's a start... give us time. I have confidence in us. Plus, I already stopped at Beth's house today and asked her why our eggs were so puny! Beth is my resident chicken expert and she assures me that the eggs will get bigger as they lay more.
So hopefully, in a few weeks, we will all be eating eggs for breakfast!
NOW... On to the bad news...
Skittles, our most beautiful chicken, is officially a BOY!
Yep, that's right. He is a rooster. Ewwwwww!
Kennedy, our girlie-girl, and owner of Skittles is devastated! She has suggested that we sell him and buy her a rabbit. As you can tell ~ she is crushed!
We should have known he was a rooster. He had the most beautiful coloring out of all of them. We used to just sit and admire how much prettier he was then the others. I guess like the peacock, he needs all those beautiful colors to attract the ladies.
Although that doesn't make much sense now does it?
If you think about it, the rooster to chicken ratio is pretty good at most farms. ~ One rooster to an entire FLOCK of hens ~Sounds like he is the wise one in that equation.
Thanks to Google, we had hope that he/she might still be a hen even though the cocka-doodle-doos were getting louder every day. Google claims that hens do crow~ which might be true ~BUT...
We saw some disturbing activity today that proves that you shouldn't believe everything you read on the computer. Skittles is not a hen. He is most definitely a boy...
We saw him getting a piggy back ride on one of our hens. Yep, he went all the way to 4th base. Ewwwww! Definitely a rooster!
I have to go now ~ I need to flush my eyes with Holy water...
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