Beautiful Green Egg!

I got the most wonderful surprise! I hope you enjoy it too !

 While collecting my eggs from The Little Red Barn, ( I love calling it that, he he!)

 I was blessed with my first green egg!

And as any normal person would do..  I wooped and hollared and jumped up and down.. 

Ran into the house and showed the family with much delight!

Look, look!! Isn't it pretty!

See, I haven't had any green egg layers for years. Last fall, while I was at the local feed store, I looked in the bin that they had all lit up with heat lamps. In the straight run bin (That means unsexed girls and boys mixed)

 I saw them! 

Little striped backs like chip munks. 

I gently picked one up in my hand and looked at it's little face! I was looking for tufted cheek feathers!

Yes, they had them! Cute little faces!

I never wanted to keep peeps through the winter, 

here in Colorado, 

but these are rare little birds for me in this neck of the woods!

(Unless I mail order large quantities)

So I prayed they were Araucanas, or Americaunas 

which are known for their beautiful green and/or blue eggs!

I picked out 4 and then went to the Pullet (baby girls) bin, which was full of little black pullets (usually brown eggs layers) and made sure to get one baby girl. 

I knew that all my straight runs could end up being boys, 

and wanted to know if I took care of babies all winter, at least one would be a girl.

So the chicks have been housed in the nursery side of my coop all winter. 

Where they have been kept warm and fed and away from the older flocks.

In a recent post I was pleased they started laying!

 I ended up with three tufted cheek pullets, one black pullet, and one very pretty tufted cheek cockerel! I was getting a little brown egg a day! Must be the pretty black pullet!

Now don't get me wrong! I love all the eggs that all my lovely girls lay.

But if this doesn't say photo shoot, what does? 

I just adore all the colors from soft pinks through the browns and white and now green!

So I hurried and didn't even iron my vintage family tablecloth, 

Got out one of my favorite jade-ite glass plates, 

and now you know why this is one of my most favorite colors!

I love the color of Jadeite and the color of this egg!

I also, just recently started playing with Google Picasa. 

So bare with me on this. Just having fun!!

I hope you enjoy my pictures. Please share any comments you wish to leave.

I am always so amazed when I hear from one of my kind readers. You are the best!

Blessings,

Little Susie Home Maker

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