Look at what Mini Me brought me this afternoon!
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| Our first egg! |
I thought she was punking me when she rushed up to the house, saying she had an egg. Nope, it was the real deal!
A pullet's first eggs are smaller than the size she will ultimately lay. This one is indeed tiny.
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| Our egg in a carton with large grade eggs from a grocery store |
It weighs 1.3 oz. which puts it in the "pee wee" category. I didn't know there was an official size of egg called peewee until I looked it up!
The shell is nice and hard and symmetric. Sometimes new layers can lay strangely-shaped or soft eggs.
I can't wait to crack it open and have a taste of my first farm fresh egg! I'll write a post about that another time; I just couldn't wait to share today's news. It's amazing how excited I am about something that just came out of an animal's rear end!
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Good for you!!! I am anxiously awaiting my first egg as well. I have had the luxury of farm eggs via my mother-in-law for the last few years, though not without supplementing with store bought. I hope they lay soon!=) Thanks for all the great posts.
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