Today I spent most of the day outside with the Chickens working on the coop. They were busy running around eating grass and taking dirt baths.When I noticed that one of them was missing. They tend to wander off and lay down in the shade or sun so I did not think too much of it at first.
However, after looking for her for twenty minutes, I still could not find her. Panic set in! I was looking all around the yard, inside the coop even checked inside our garage- nothing! I went into the woods and before I my anxiety kicked into full gear, I saw her. She was peacefully nestled into the brush. I must have startled her because she slowly started to walk out of the woods into the yard, it was more of a waddle than her normal walk.
I thought something was wrong so I calmly followed her. The feathers near her hips were ruffled out and she was squatting down low to the ground.
Right then, it hit me, before I knew it I got to see her lay her very first egg!!! I was so proud of her! Her egg was a little bit smaller than what the others have been laying and it was light brown in color instead of white. Watching her lay her very first egg was something that I thought I would never get to witness. It was a very neat experience. I gave her some time alone then picked her up and placed her back in the pen with the rest of the group. I am one proud Chicken Mama!
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