Blueberry Hill Farm

The blue coop houses the pullets and Dandy, the Americauna rooster.  The news from the blue coop is, that during April and May the pullets began laying eggs -- always a much anticipated event.

Some people are confused as to the term "pullet" and wonder what breed of chicken it is.  For those of you who may not know, a pullet is a young hen less than a year old who has just begun to lay.  Kind of like a human teenager.

The two breeds of pullets that roost in the blue coop are Australorps and Black Sex Links. Both are large breed birds that will lay large eggs in a few months.  For the time being, their eggs are rather small.

I usually include a couple of pullet eggs in each carton and compensate for the smaller size by including a couple of jumbo eggs.  The new girls always appreciate being included and feel their efforts are more worthwhile when their eggs are as valued as the older, more seasoned layers.  After all, everybody's got to start somewhere!

 Pullet eggs are as tasty and nutritious as larger eggs.  And, just so you'll know, it takes the same amount of ingredients to produce a small egg as it does to produce a large one.

In the ebb and flow of "hendom" and the egg laying that goes along with it, there are always times when some rest, some molt, and some are just starting out.  Those are the realities of real farming and go along with the "lay of the land."