Our First Egg

We got the girls two months ago and it's been a waiting game ever since.
Yesterday what we suspect to be the oldest, Buckbeak, was walking the fence line, like she didn't know what to do or where to go. I let the girls out and they all were fine. After a while, they all went back into the coop, so I shut the door on them. (When the girls are out of the coop, the dog has to be on a leash. So trying to get anything done with a dog tied to you is nearly impossible, especially with the two kids running around you also.

So back to Bucky, she started pacing again. I went into the coop to try and calm her down, and when I would reach down to pet her, she would stamp her feet and then crouch really low. I just knew her time was approaching.

I opened up the nesting box. I took the divider out cause she looked soo cramped in the space. She would walk in and out of it. Not quite sure of it. I did prop the door open a bit, she seemed more comfy with a little bit of light.

All day nothing. This morning when I let them out of the house, I opened the nest box back up. And sure enough, Buckbeak was back in there. She was in there for most of the morning. When I just went out to check on here. I opened up the hatch, and laying on her left foot, was an egg. Light brown, long, cylindrical, not so rounded egg.

C-man is all egg-cited. If he hadn't already just eaten, he would have had the egg for breakfast he says. So maybe lunch. A scrambled egg sandwich? A "sloppy" egg with toast? He still has a while before he has to decide.