Early Egg Layers

We now have two Rhode Island Reds laying eggs. Belle and Merida are early layers. One prefers the tractor seat and the other prefers the nesting box in the hen house. 

I didn't want to disturb her, so I took a picture through the hen house window. We have three nesting boxes. The produce stand where we buy our straw, is currently out of hay. The beach towel will work for today. The eggs will easily roll off but the first one is usually not edible.

As you can see there is a difference between the first egg and the rest of the eggs. The one on the right is much paler and smaller. Her next egg should look like the one on the left.

Another shot of the two eggs. The brown eggs do have a different nutritional value than white eggs. The yolks are very rich in color, almost amber. More on this in my next post.