Oh Where Oh Where Could Those Little Eggs Be?

Minerva has been laying an egg virtually every day for the last three weeks. However, since Thursday, we have not found any eggs from her. Today, we decided to keep all the hens in the coop to see if they would lay eggs in their nesting box. Minerva, Doily, and Hawk all laid eggs by lunch time, so they could go free range for the rest of the day.
















After searching for a nest in the backyard for several days, we finally found the nest-- with 5 eggs in it-- nestled in the bamboo! Upon quick inspection, Coby was able to determine that 4 of the eggs were Minerva's and one was laid by Doily. Hawk has always laid her eggs in the nesting box (good chicken!). Doily's egg is the lighter colored one on the bottom right in the photo above.

We needed to decide if the eggs were still fresh or if they had spoiled. We decided to do the floating test to find out. If they float, they are spoiled and if they sink, they are fresh. If they sink, but tip, they are getting old, but could still be used in baking or to hard boil.

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Eggs/EggsFloat.htm

All five eggs sank, without tipping, so I scrambled them for lunch. Yum yum!