Our very first "cackleberry"!!
I suspect it came from one of these hens. Buff Orpington. We have 7 of these.
One of our 3 roosters (New Hampshire) with one of the 5 Rhode Island Red hens.
Most of the chickens. There's 10 or 11 "represented" here, and we have a total of 15. You can see all three roosters.
The Buff Orpington hens were advertised as early layers, as well as good meat chickens, which is why we ordered them. We were shipped 3 extra birds, and we had three birds die. The Buff chicks and the roosters were the same color with the only difference being a dark spot right above the beak on the roosters. We only had 5 of these, but 7 of the Buffs, which worked out great, since 2 of the roosters died, and we ended up with 2 extra of the early hens. That's why I think the egg came from one of them. I don't expect any more eggs for several days, or weeks even, but will still check everyday just in case!!! It's really kind of exciting.
I am not for sure if two of the roosters will remain with the rest, or if they will end up in the freezer. Ron doesn't seem to think it's worth the trouble to just do 2 birds, but they are starting to pick. I am not sure which one it is, but I always hear "hollering" from the hens when I go to feed them, and I've caught one in the act!! It's one of the straight combed ones. (If you look real close at the rooster on the left edge of the pictures, you will see that his comb lays off to the side. I think it grew too fast!!) Anyway, after a bit, we'll let the hens set if they will, and raise a batch of chicks for the freezer, and maybe then, we'll do the extra roosters. By then, they'll be "old" and just good for casseroles and soups, but that's ok.
Well, that's about it for now. Ya'll take care!!!
Until next time,
Esther
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