We have storms moving through, last night and this morning there was lots of rain, and now it’s quiet, but rain still threatens. This was our first real thunderstorm of the year … tons of lightening throughout the night. It’s balmy now, in the mid 60’s, and very humid.
So, I sloshed through the yard to the hen-pen, and re-arranged things, giving them fresh grass without moving the pen, as I can’t move it. Every OTHER blade of grass was under mud, it’s been very wet lately. The hen-pen should have been moved the other day, but it didn’t get done. So it was nice to see the hens attacking the fresh grass I unearthed by moving the box that holds the beam that is their roosting place. I moved that whole thing back further, closer to the “wall” that is solidly covered.
When, doing the above job, I moved the firewood pile at the other end of the roost, I found … a perfect little egg! It’s beautiful, pale brown and I’d classify it as a small egg, grocery-store-speak.
So this leads to my confession: The nesting boxes haven’t been built yet. It’s just been kind of hard to get that done, when Frank has the supplies in the van, and the van isn’t around the house all day long, with Frank at work. 😉
So, with the find I had today, Frank has promised to get the boxes banged out tonight. We have hay from our goat man, so the ladies will have happy laying space soon! [now that #1 has actually produced an egg!]