First Eggs!

In May, we got some new baby chicks. Yesterday, we had one 2.4 oz brown egg, from one of the Turkens, and a lovely little green egg, from one of the Araucanas. The Turken laid it on the floor (not surprising, since 2.4 oz is really big for a first egg--it probably caught her by surprise), but the green egg was in the nest box. This morning, all three eggs were in the nest box--two more greens and a pinkish brown that could be Araucana or could be Turken.

Here's a pic:

New Baby Chicks

Yesterday, we had 28 baby chicks arrive, mostly Araucanas, but also some Turkens, Black Minorcas, and a "mystery chick" that I'm pretty sure is a Dark Brahma.--probably a rooster. We made it through the first night without any losses, and I haven't seen any sign of pasty butt. I think that no losses is due to not just dipping their beaks into water and food, but watching them and making sure any that just stood around looking sleepy really did start drinking and eating. I think possibly the lack of pasty butts is due to already starting to feed them greens--broccoli sprouts and spinach.