Eggs!

 The first piece of news: Lily laid the first egg! The second: She laid two of them! While I have heard stories about the first eggs of some chickens being wrinkly, or oddly shaped, these two are perfectly egg shaped and a beautiful pale green.

It's been nearly five months since we'd started keeping chickens, and this is a very proud moment for me, Lily, and everyone who has helped take care of her.

All this about eggs is making me hungry.

But I have to stay on task, and finish the rest of this post. 

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Anyway, the other chickens have been enjoying the mix of black oil sunflower seeds, millet, other seeds, dried soldier fly larvae and dry, lightly crushed peas.

They treat it like candy and devour it as fast as possible whenever they see it.

(Especially Honey and Lily)

The Girl's First Snow

 It's been three days since the first snow. It didn't last very long. However, the five inhabitants (Excluding the two or possibly more spiders) were intrigued by the the cold wetness.

Heading for their favorite bush.

Two adventurers.

A pair who were formerly enemies (That was due to Honey's unwelcoming manner towards Lily).

Lily looks good with the snow. Good chicken.

By the way, Honey's feeling better.

But back to Lily.

Coral's striking feather pattern stands out as well.

Snow is good for chicken tracking.

This picture shows that they were eating here (See how the tracks go around in a circle.)

But whatever they were doing, they strongly protested going back inside the coop.

At least Pearl did.

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Honey's Illness

 Lily was fine, Pearl was fine, they all were at least somewhat fine. Until now. Yesterday we started noticing signs in Honey: Loss of appetite, puffing up feathers and lethargy, to name a few. We think it might be coccidia. So we're adding medicine in their water now. We also mixed unsugared yogurt with a little water, as recommended. 

Get well, Honey.

Honey seems better today though,

not so puffed and hunched.

Good chicken.

 

Fall

Lily has a new way to relax.

We put up this roost so Lily could escape from Honey, who has been tormenting her continously. 

 !

But it's better now, and Lily sleeps in the henhouse with the others, rather than in the run.

Sometimes she eats with the group,

and sometimes by herself.

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Coral has silver eyebrows.

You can't see them in this picture though.

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I took a picture of Honey ruffling her feathers to get the rain off.

As well as a picture of the rainy fall weather.

Fall has arrived.