The Girls love scrambled eggs. They rarely get them. but at this time of year it can be a good idea to give them a bit of a protein boost.
I don't give them raw egg. Anyone who has accidentally broken an egg in a chicken coop will know the frenzy this causes, as the chooks fight to gobble it up. We don't want our Girls to ever associate the inside of the egg with a whole egg - egg eating ensues, and that's a nightmare to stop.
We had a few oldish eggs, and plenty of new ones so the old ones weren't going to get used up. I made some scrambled eggs (nothing else added, nothing at all), let it cool, and then gave it to the garden girls. They loved it, so I made a bit more and took it down to the allotmenteers as a treat for them. .
let Henry have first dibs. Normally he has a close look at any
offering, then calls his Ladies to come and eat. He had a bit of egg
himself today, and then a bit more, and then a bit more. Then he
remembered his manners, and called the Ladies. They also got some overripe tomatoes from the greenhouse, so they've had a good day.
The Dinner Chicks also had some scrambled egg, but weren't too sure about it. They also ignored the lettuce I'd harvested specially for them.
They are approaching 18 weeks now, 18 weeks on Monday, in fact. The Boys are crowing properly now. They aren't really at an ideal weight yet, but they are getting to an age when sex is likely to be a problem soon. I spent some time considering options this morning. We have the room to divide their pen, and we have an ancient rickety coop that the Boys could inhabit. Problem is, the boys will most likely just keep pacing up and down (anxious to get to the Girls) and so won't really put on weight.
One of the two Girls is a mottled brown chook, daughter of either Norah or Batty. I'm getting a bit attached, which isn't good. We've only got 4 Dinners in total this year, 2 for us and 2 for Other Chap, keeping 2 of them (you can't introduce a lone bird, it's very cruel as they will be picked on incessantly by everyone else) doesn't make much sense.
