June 25, 2011
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Eureka!
Yesterday, all my husbandry and care of my new chickens started to pay off. We got our first egg!
I think it was laid by "Boss" my black Australorp Utility hen as she is the one with the reddest comb and wattles. It is a smallish egg, but weighs 53 grams, so I think it is a fair dinkum egg and not a wind egg.
The hen seems happy and healthy and enjoyed a leisurely dustbath under the orange tree when we let them out of the coop. You can see one of the little spots of yellow in the photo above.
The above photo gives some indication of the relative size of egg to my grin on discovering it in the cage! 
And finally, this is the proud hen who laid our first egg!
Comments (4)
Yay, an egg! How exciting! I wish I knew what husbandry meant, specifically, but I'm too lazy to look it up. I've already learned about 10 new words today and I don't want to toast my brain.
Aw! Beautiful egg and beautiful mama!
What fun! 
HUGS!
That is awesome
@Diva_Jyoti_3 - Husbandry just means the feeding and care of animals.
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