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A big announcement

Ladies and gentlemen, the Hill family is proud to announce..........that we have our first egg!!!! 
 
 
 






























































The chickens were scheduled to begin laying eggs in the next week so Jay hurried and built the boxes for them to lay in before he left on a trip. Today we went out to fill the boxes with straw and we found our first egg!!!! Very cool. And to Kim B. here are pictures of the coop finally. Sorry it took so long! And thanks to you for all you did for us when Austin was in the hospital.
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This picture has nothing to do with anything, except I colored my hair and my mother lives in a different state and wanted to know what it looks like. This is for her.

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The Stanley's said…
Love the hair, Laurel. Now what am I going to do with mine? I am way impressed that you are farmers! Jay is pretty handy building the coop. Austin you look marvelous!
August 15, 2008 at 8:34 PM
Eliza2006 said…
Hey, I'll trade you my grapes for your eggs!
August 15, 2008 at 9:14 PM
The Brown Family said…
Laurel, LOVE the hair. Everyone is going dark...I might have to do something creative for the winter...but I have a hard time keeping color in...it lightens up sooo fast.

The chicken coop looks great. And soon you will feel all Martha Stewart when you take the eggs out of the fridge. We get brown, light brown and green eggs. I feel like the TV cameras should be on as I am cracking my beautiful farmy eggs in the morning!

The other morning, we had an egg that had a double yolk (twins???). I was so shocked that I forgot it would have been perfect blogging material, and didn't get a photo. I'll remember next time we get a freak of nature chicken egg.

The coop is awesome. Your hens are living in luxury. Way to go Jay and Austin!

Love
Kim
August 15, 2008 at 9:18 PM
M3 said…
Wow, even the chickens are growing up fast! :-) Weren't they tiny chicks about a minute ago?!
August 15, 2008 at 10:36 PM
Glenda said…
Austin, you look so buff and tuff. Way to go. I am so grateful you are doing so well.
August 15, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Anonymous said…
You must post the chicks!!
August 16, 2008 at 1:33 AM
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