Surprise!

Okay, I've been a little absent on the Compound Blog because for a while there our chickens were just pecking, eating and you know.

But last weekend, Ted and Katy finally got around to building their nest boxes (little cozy cubbies to induce laying) and on Thursday, there was a beautiful little egg sitting in the upper box! It was perfect and completely unbelievable, except I saw it (and ate it) myself!

Here's how it went down: on Thursday morning, we awoke to a chicken-cooing fest happening outside our window. Ted went to see about the fuss, but nothing was happening. Frieda was chillin in the bottom nest and Sensei and Ruthie were sharing the top.

Later in the day, the girls were making a new and different sound. It was like, "Buck, buck, buck, buck-gaaa!" And, here is what we found when we went to check on them this time:

Neither the photo nor the egg have been touched to add sensation to the experience.