Thursday, December 22, 2011

Our First Egg!

It finally happened! Queenie, the elder among our young chickens, laid her first egg. The girls had told me earlier in the day that they thought she was trying to lay--that she was sitting quietly in a corner of the coop and would peck at anyone who got too close. But we were all afraid to get our hopes up. And then there it was! Beautiful. Perfect. Light brown with the tiniest whitish speckles. An impressive specimen for a first-time layer. A small, everyday, awe-inspiring miracle.
Quennie's proud caregivers
Queenie leads the pack in more ways than one!

1 comment:

Jules said...

Yipee!!! Way to go Queenie... and way to go to Queenie's caregivers as well!