Guinness Worthy Pullet Egg

So as you know the young hens are now laying. And some are doing better than others but this is a Guinness Book of Records egg. Check it out.......

The Ameracuna laid one HUGE egg...compared to

traditional pullet eggs

It doesn't fit in the egg carton

A spectacular double yolker...and as you can see,

she has laid another the same size and the latest

just a tad smaller!

And to all the readers that have never tasted a farm fresh egg, so sorry. There is NOTHING like a fresh egg with it's orangy yellow yolk, firm white, and fresh flavor. Yum! I enjoy my chicken antics but it is the eggs that I love and worth the work.  I know what the hens eat, I know they get exercise and fresh air, and I know they are happy hens so I know I am feeding my family and friends with healthy eggs.

Early morning scratching for ground goodies. You can see

by the back fence the two ice blocks from the water bowl 

that was emptied before putting in fresh water. There is
no snow on the ground but the cold weather freezes the water

overnight if I forget to empty it out when putting the

hens in for the night.

This is the friendliest of the hens, she's a speckled

Sussex. Very sweet and loves to be stroked and held

tight. Who would have thought that chickens like to

cuddle?

The hens tend to lay from early morning to mid-afternoon. We've been getting between nine to a dozen eggs per day now. We have 18 hens total at this time. With that amount of fresh eggs every day, the cartons add up in the refrigerator quickly. I love sharing the eggs with friends.