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Look one of my bantam’s laid her first egg!
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Look who’s officially a chicken mom—Scoot Scoot laid her first egg! Last October, my boyfriend and I took in two adorable Old English Bantam chicks after rescuing a flock that was abandoned in our neighborhood. Every morning, six chickens would gather on our porch, hoping for breakfast. Our journey began when we spotted a mother hen with two tiny chicks, and we knew we had to help them thrive. We transformed our shed into a cozy coop and added two more sisters to the flock. Yesterday was a momentous occasion! While my boyfriend was cleaning the nesting boxes, Scoot Scoot made her pre-laying noises but got spooked. Later, I checked again, and there it was—a beautiful egg! What a rewarding adventure this has been!
 | At the end of October last year my boyfriend rescued two Old English Bantam chicks. We had a flock that was dumped by their owner in our neighborhood. Every morning 6 chickens would be on our porch wanting food. Of course we started feeding them and it became routine for us to take care of them. Then one day my boyfriend saw one of the hens had two babies chicks running behind her. With them running free we knew those chicks were probably not going to make it against predators. So we took the babies in turned the shed into a coop with a run. And been having the best time watching them grow up. We even got them two more sisters! Yesterday bf was cleaning the nesting boxes and right when he opened one our girl Scoot Scoot was making the noises they make right before laying, however she got spooked and ran out. There was no egg. We decided to go eat and run around for alittle. When we got back I thought to myself go check the nesting boxes maybe she went back and sure enough she did! Being a first time chicken owner it was absolutely exciting and rewarding to see an egg for the first time. We put a lot of TLC into these chickens and now I feel like an official chicken mom! [link] [comments] |
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