VERY nice! And pretty hens you have there!! Is that a Silkie I see in the background? What type is the black? (But...William, and Tyrone? For hens? bwahahahaha)
Funny...I've read where it's a trick to put fake eggs in the nest box to stimulate them to lay. My 4 girls seemed to have paired up in 2 sets of BFFs early on. Once Lucy started laying, her BFF Grace was doing it within a week. Lucy is an ISA Brown, and she started young like the are supposed...
Recently I posted a pic of a pale beige egg I thought was my Ethyl's. She's an EE, and a late bloomer, and along came this nearly white egg that I hadn't seen before, so I decided it must be hers. Their eggs can be near any color I guess. This pic shows all the egg shades I get now, and it...