~ The Blue/Green Egg & Herbal Roots Zine ~

Late yesterday afternoon , I went to close the chicken coop up for the night and to gather the eggs , I was very excited to see a small blue/green egg in the nest with the others. I guess the new hens are happy , wasn't expecting them to start laying until another week or so.

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Hope Everyone has a Wonderful Weekend !!

~ Be Blessed ~

JoyceAnn

~ New Hens ~

~ The 5 new Hens ~

~ These are the 2 Ameraucanas ~

Yesterday , Dh and I made the drive to pick-up 5 new hens. I've been wanting some Ameraucana chickens , they lay blue/green eggs. They're known as the " Easter Egg Layer " chickens. I found 5 chickens on craigslist and two of those were Ameraucana, so I contacted the lady about them and made arrangements to pick them up yesterday. The hens are 18 weeks old and should be laying soon , can't wait to be blessed with blue/green eggs :0). This flock also included a production black hen that's suppose to lay a white egg . I put the small pen in the coop so I could keep them separated from the other hens . I was hopping they would accept the small Partridge rock hen into their flock , but that didn't happen either , they kept pecking at her , so I had to remove her from that pen and make a separate pen for her. All of them will be in their pens for about a week , then I plan to put them on the roost with the other hens one night after everyone has settled down for the night. Hopefully , they'll become one flock soon.

~Warmest Blessings ~
JoyceAnn