Our First Five Egg Day!

Whew!

We did it.

Managed to keep five pullets alive until their point of lay. I feel like we should get a medal or something...

But instead of a shiny golden statue, our reward is our first five egg day! Which, of course, had to be documented in pictures:

These beauties are the handiwork of (L to R): Marilla, Tillie, Brooke, Pringle, and Muriel.

Our two babies are both late-laying breeds (an English Orpington, and a Polish), so it'll be quite some time before they join the layers club.

Funny anecdote about that: Mrs. Rachel loves to watch the big girls lay. She is fascinated by it. She'll follow them up to the coop, find a nice fluffy mound of pine shavings, and plop right down for the show. The "performers", however, are less than thrilled. Tillie even chases Rach out of the coop in no uncertain terms. It's hilarious!

Our girls aren't known to be prolific layers (save, Brooke the Australorp) so five egg days will likely be an uncommon event, but this first was akin to holiday status here at Ingleside! Hooray for fresh, beautiful eggs!