Chicken In Hiding and Penny Eggs!

Yesterday, while working in the yard, I was nearly attacked by a Silkie Bantam!

After rooting around the back end of my compost, I discovered my Silkie had moved out of the pen and had taken herself a deluxe one-nest apartment next to an all-you-can-eat buffet (also known as the compost pile).

 Now, I had been wondering why my Silkie Bantam had stopped producing eggs. The little sneak wanted to hatch a brood! All in all, we found ten eggs. I chose my son to kick her off to bring in the eggs.

This morning, on the way to the coop to let the ladies out, my Malaysian Serama was just a-hollerin'. For being pint-sized, she sure does have a howl. She's the second loudest in my flock (the loudest being my Brahma Hen). She was so proud of herself, for she had laid her first egg ever! It's slightly larger than a penny, and I can't wait to do some Pysanky artwork on it. I wonder how many calories, maybe five? Haha!

My Not So Traditional Pysanky Egg!

It was snowing when I awoke again this morning. After morning chores, 2 loads of laundry and a breakfast with hubby I pulled out my Ukrainian Easter Egg stuff! I have some geese eggs and decided to use them as the back drop for some non-traditional pysanky egg art. I have a dozen or so traditional eggs but I love not following the rules so my eggs seem to be just as eclectic as me. I have some posted from about a year ago somewhere in this blog, some of my favorites are my art deco naked lady, Japanese cherry blossom tree and the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. My art today is a rooster and some art nouveau leaves. I did stick with the traditional black background because it makes the colors pop so well. The egg took about 4 hours to complete and I work backwards from the lightest color to black. I use a kistka with black bees wax layering the designs. At the end you slowly and carefully melt the wax off over a candle. I love it. Maybe tomorrow I will do some more.