No eggs yesterday, though the Buff Orpington was agitating and hanging in the nest box last evening…but no egg. Today brought two though: probably one from the Buff Orpington and another now from the Plymouth Rock. Yesterday we freshly clipped flight feathers after the Plymouth Rock’s excursion on Saturday. We may have to put poultry mesh over the run, but have been trying to avoid having to do that. Paul’s also added a few fence posts and stretched some poultry mesh along them to add some additional optional run space on a nice day. He’s been building some paths and has moved sod over the the extended run. I think the birds will really appreciate having that to play in on occasion and we can do that just rarely enough to keep it green and not let them scratch it to bare earth.
Last night we actually went out to see Kim and Trenton (and Naomi and Maia) in Seaside and in a random store I came across the first decent wire egg basket sort of thing I’ve seen since we starting working on this chicken project, so I sprang for it. It’s sturdy and large enough to hold probably four dozen eggs for a walk around the neighborhood if/when we get overwhelmed with eggs and half to give some away. I’ve wanted something I can hose off on occasion if needed, or even bead blast and repaint every now and then. This should do the job.