More Egg-cellent News

We now have two laying hens! Pippi has joined Penny in providing for her people, which makes checking the nest box each day doubly fun. It's egg-specially egg-citing because, as an Easter Egger, Pippi lays greenish eggs. They complement Penny's brown ones nicely.

We had nearly a full carton to bring up to Petoskey for Thanksgiving, along with a few loaves of bread from our favorite local bakery. Nick cooked up a breakfast batch of "eggs in a nest" to kick off a day of enjoying the harvest bounty.

In other news, it seems that Penny may be done laying cute little pullet eggs. Check out the mammoth egg in the upper right slot of the carton below. I egg-spected a gradual size increase over time, but yesterday's was as small as ever and today's prize is nearly twice the size. It may be just a fluke, but now we know she's capable of more!

By the way, Nick just cracked open that giant egg. Two yolks!