Henry is fascinated with eggs, or maybe he’s just fascinated by the fact that he can say what they are.  We had some eggs sitting on the counter for the past couple of days, and whenever he saw them, he’d say “eck.  eck.  eck.  eck.  eck”  It’s never just once – he always points and repeats it several times.

Yesterday I was out with him working on the coop.  I was holding up a piece of siding and trying to maneuver myself so I could screw it on, but I sort of noticed him going into the chicken run.  He came out and I was still pretty busy, but again, I sort of noticed that he was saying “eck eck eck”.  He must have said it 50 times.  When I finally got it attached,  I stepped back and looked at him and he was proudly holding an egg and telling me what he found.  That’s the first time he collected an egg!

I grabbed the camera and took a quick video.

The kids have been great with the chickens.  Delia can easily catch and hold them.  One day Henry saw her do it, and he gave it a try.  He ran up to the white leghorn, who tends to squat down and stand still if you sneak up on her.  When he got his hands on her, he wasn’t quite sure what to do, so the poor leghorn got manhandled a little, but both she and Henry made it through unscathed.

Our Ameraucana/Araucana/Easter Eggers are finally laying!  Yesterday Emily found a blue-green egg, and another today.  Now we’re pretty sure they’re all laying.  I watched a Wyandotte lay one, the leghorn has deposited white eggs all over our property (she’s really a laying machine), and there are at least two other colors of brown eggs which would be from the production red and the rocks.

I’ve been working a lot on the coop lately.  It’s getting cold and I really need to get it done.  So far, it’s gone pretty smoothly!  This is the first building I’ve ever built by myself.  I’ve got it completely framed out but then had to quit because of rain, so tomorrow I’m going to start putting the roof on.  It won’t be terribly long until it’s all buttoned up.  I’ll write a more detailed report when I’m done with it.