Date Line: May 24, 2014
live's egg is indeed getting darker, and more olive green! As you can see in this picture, I have white eggs to help compare the color and shade of Olive's eggs. The first egg after starting to lay again is very light and has a blue/green tint. The second egg is darker, but still has a bluish tint to it. Now, this is day three of laying after her bought with broodiness, and her egg is finally getting an olive green tone. I have NO idea why this is happening, but it is interesting.
Olive's First Egg 1st and 2nd egg post broodiness Today's egg
Yep, it looks like we are back to pigment normalcy. So far she isn't showing any signs of being broody, and the rest of the girls are still laying eggs, except for Butterdud of course. I think I'm going to get 3 more hens. I re-read the ordinance regarding keeping chickens for L.A. county and it appears that I can have as many chickens as I can house healthfully. For me, that would be no more than 8. We'll see, I might get a couple of easter eggers, and my husband wants to get a chicken for himself so he can name it what ever he wants....oh dear!
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