Greensboro Birds

We lost the lovely Skula Barred Rock yesterday. She went from our most prolific pullet to an ailing little bird in just a few weeks. We never could figure out what was wrong with her, but she gave it the old college try. Skula still holds the house record for most consecutive days laying (22), [...]

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The day began with me wrenching my back to get a shot of this yellow-rumped warbler in bright breeding plumage. We don’t usually see ‘em this fancy down here, so I was fooled at first into thinking it was some other, more exotic warbler.

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Tootie surprised us today by laying her first egg! I found a pinky beige two-ouncer in the nestbox this morning alongside Lunch’s blue egg. We weren’t expecting it at all. My money had been on her waiting till May, when she’ll be about the same age that Lunch was when she first laid (37 weeks). [...]

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Today was a day of two firsts, the second being Skula laying her first egg! Skula’s a barred rock, so she lays brown eggs. This one is on the small side—just over an ounce—which is typical of a pullet’s first few eggs. (Lunch is an overachiever—from Egg One, her eggs have been a consistent two [...]

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On Monday, February 9, at 12:30 p.m., Lunch laid her first egg. It’s a blue egg, which matches her earlobes. Lunch, contrary to our original information, is not a Welsummer, but is an Easter egger—EE for short. Besides the blue egg, her little pea comb, lack of wattles, her ear muffs, and slate-colored legs back [...]

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