My Mom has been wanting some of my Americauna/Cochin chicken eggs recently. She's fascinated by the different colors I have. So starting today, I'm saving back some of the Green and Blue eggs for her to hatch. Today there was only one small Green/Blue egg from the Matriarch of my flock. She's part Silkie and Americauna. She has black skin and Steele Blue and Gray feathers. A very gorgeous bird as you can see in the pic over there. Anyway. I put the egg in my Granny's planter box (her favorite Moss Rose that comes back every year) with the rest of the day's collection. Then I forgot about them, ran in the house and fetched the Frisbees for the dogs. As I came back out, I noticed our so-called Retriever mix (retrieved something ONCE in her life..) "Red" in the walk way and she was hiding something! I got closer and closer, and she kept getting guiltier and guiltier with each step. I finally got up to her to find that between her front paws was the Green/Blue egg that I saved for Mom! ALL the other eggs were still perfectly placed in the planter. She hadn't touched them. I wonder why it is that every time I set aside something special like that, it seems that one of the dogs or animals in general, always seem to know and they take it. Go figure.
Anyway, the egg wasn't cracked or scratched at all.. and is resting peacefully in Mom's incubator tonight.
Sleep good little egg.. grow chickie!
