There are many firsts that we cherish: First crush, first kiss, and of course, first pullet egg from your new chickens.
You remember where you found it, what time it was, and how you first tweeted about it.
It was the morning of August 2nd, tucked away in a corner next to the water tower. It was smaller than a small supermarket egg, but cute! The shell was like 50 grit sandpaper with bumps, and I felt sorry for the hen who laid it.
Our first egg in the new hen house!
This is the first time that I have had chickens since I was a boy. These are my wife’s first chickens.
These free-ranging beauties are hard at work to take care of us!
What happened to the egg you might ask? Sunny side up and shared so we got to enjoy it together 
We have gotten a pullet egg per day since the first was laid three days ago. Because hens are supposed to start laying small eggs only once every 3-4 days, it stands to reason that we have three hens that have started to produce. None of our 11 chickens (all about 22 weeks old) have cockledoodledooed, so we presume that they are all girls!
Let the omelets begin!
P.S. We won’t fail to say “Thank You” to our girls every time we collect eggs.
Congratulations on that First. Keep them for awhile before you hard boil them-I found when I had chickens and fresh eggs that they don’t peel well.
I remember the first time I ever ate real butter. I grew up in a family of 8 that used country crock, and I never liked it. The summer I was 11 I went to a cousin’s wedding and there were little pats of butter in a dish on the table. I absolutely thought it was some exotic cheese, I had never had anything like it. It was wonderful. As an adult, I refuse to buy margarine. In fact I go out of my way to a local dairy that serves incredible butter. I don’t use as much as I used to when I was younger, but I am still in love with the way the tiniest bit of butter can transform whatever you put it on.
My first ground cherry and my first sunberry are both about half grown right now. I can’t wait.
Edmund – ground cherries are awesome, and they can take over the garden. Enjoy!
Peg – There is NO Ersatz to butter. It’s butter all the way! Great story – thanks for sharing
Hi Deanne, yes, learned about the hard boiled freshies. We’re more omelette types anyway, preferring to mix the fresh veggies with the eggs. We’ll be consuming them quickly in the near term b/c the chooks are still young and not yet prolific
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