Pullet Eggs

The trampoline chickens have finally begun to lay! Or maybe all this rain kept them inside during their egg laying time. Either way, we got 3-4 pullet eggs today! 

Size is normally the main indicator of a pullet vs mature hen egg, but the trampoline chickens are colored egg layers, so the color was my first indicator. One olive egger and one Easter egger for sure. 

Here they are next to an egg from Dixie (on the left), our oldest hen. 

There was another green/teal egg that was about the size of a mature hen, so that makes me wonder if we've had trampoline chickens laying eggs for a while but haven't found their nest... Maybe it's time to lock them in overnight. Just to see how many eggs we get...

Potatoes

Hot and humid this week make it not fun to be outside. G called me to say the wind made it actually pleasant to be outside and suggested Jaron and I go for a walk. So we did. 

You can see the stubborn boy was tired, but he didn't give in to a nap. 

On our way back, I paused to check on the potatoes. They are thriving! I've hilled them as much as will fit in the container, so the rest is up to them! 

I'm really curious how the yield will be this year. The potatoes in the garden (planted in straw mulch) are not nearly as tall and full. But they were planted later.