Eggs and My Buddy

All the chickens that we bought in the spring are fully mature; you should hear the roosters tell us about it! Unfortunately, the ridiculously large amount of roosters on the farm right now have kept the hens from laying in their boxes in the barn. I wasn't sure where they were laying, until I found our little golden Araucana in the hay shed.

Look what's she's hiding:

I'm going to let her sit on these and see if we can get some late-season babies. I'd really like a few more hens than we have right now.

The strange thing is that these are all brown and blue eggs, and I really thought some of the new girls would be laying white eggs. At first I shrugged and decided that they may not be laying yet, but then remembered that Jude (my mother-in-law) said she'd found a clutch in the vegetable garden. 

I went to investigate:

Not only are they white, but they're also HUGE! Almost like duck eggs. Guess the new gals are laying!

I also wanted to let everyone know that my favorite ewe, June, is still my buddy! Every time I go into the field by myself and signal to her for scratches, she comes lumbering.

Isn't she adorable?

The Clean-Up Crew

Yesterday, Morgan and I cleaned out the whole barn and spread fresh straw. I closed up the lambing pens so that they'd stay clean until needed.

But this morning, I noticed on our lambcam that our work was being inspected by some very strict professionals . . .