Green eggs, "Thickening" the herd and Big little chicks...

Friday was Easter for Scott...One of the Americauna's decided to finally lay an egg...a GREEN egg! It's a bit smaller than the white leghorn eggs (which is a little odd since they are bigger than the white leghorns), but we will cut  them some slack since they just started laying, and we are just happy they started!!

Since green is my favorite color, I got the privilege of cooking up the green egg...and no, it was not green inside! Looks like and egg, and tastes like it too! Yummy!


So...Saturday morning off we went to pick up "Short but Mighty", aka "Shorty". It was a nice drive to Fred and Patti's beautiful home. We loaded him up with minimal coaxing (mostly just showing him some hay, and he ran right in...good eater that he is) and off we went to take the little guy to his new home. We hit some traffic but made it home before dark. The girls admittedly were slightly more interested in their dinner than a new one to share it with, but took him in as part of the gang.

The next morning of course we jumped up first thing to go see how everyone was fairing, and of course they were doing well (and mooing for their breakfast once they saw us). Here is a closeup of the mini man with one of his betrothed, Ginger, (when he's old enough of course) in the background....

What a cutie!! The girls should be so lucky! And here he is taking a nap, and that's Scott's arm petting him while he rest, with Jewel standing guard and Rosie watching over from a distance...

Sunday we were tuckered out from Saturday's drive so we decided to relax (kinda like Shorty above) and we chilled with the chicks..which were fascinated with our feet...They are getting so BIG!! Pretty soon they are going to be going out with the big girls!!

And of course my little Stewie...photogenic as ever...

Sunday evening we feasted on salad from the garden and Marcy made stir fry...and Scott made some home-made chocolate ice cream for dessert! A good ending to a good weekend...