Eighth of an Acre Bounty

They hide things from us….

Ever since we got the chickens we have been vexing and worrying over Cleary – the Wyandott because after putting out one egg while housed in my office on the first night, she hasn’t been laying. She throws a fit every time Blume goes in a box to lay, but no eggs from Cleary. So I have been dutifully doing my research, speculating on whether it was a stuck egg (and not enjoying the prospect of having to go spelunking in a chicken oviduct). We are worriers at heart, especially when it comes to our animals which probably in part accounts for the odd $700 in vet bills over the past 4 months, ugh. But all the same, we couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her and she wasn’t showing any other major signs of illness.

And then, just the other day while Gary was weeding back near the base of the coop, he spotted the goldmine. Turns out not just Cleary, but all of the girls have been making secret deposits. He pulled out 11 eggs in total. Just one short of a dozen, which pretty accurately describes our state of mind as well.