Eggsellent!

We have had the chooks less than 2 weeks and 3 of the 4 Leghorns are pretty much in full production. In fact "Roo" (the biggest/oldest Leghorn) popped out her first little egg after 2 days in her new home. Needless to say, I was a happy 'dad'.

Here are a few eggs shots:

Roo's first and latest eggs

Roo's eggs - size progress

Comparing against store bought

Meet our new girls

In selecting chickens, Shaun went for something practical and low maintenance (being a man) and I picked something for both beauty and bounty (being not a man).  Shaun likes to tell me every day that his four White Leghorns are a far superior choice to my four Light Sussex.  Granted, his are laying and mine are yet to, but mine are gorgeous to look at and complete characters.  They are still fighting it out as to who the boss chook is and whilst there is a bit of pecking going on, its mostly being decided by who can rush over to another hen the fastest and then stand dead still the longest.  Even if one of the chooks trips over a stalk of grass (which they do), its on.  All the Light Sussex chooks come pelting over and then play the statues game.