Eggs!

The other morning I couldn't find Giles. I went out to let the other chickens out of the coop, and seh was already gone! So I totally panicked. She has gotten out of the coop before, but usually she comes running as soon as she hears the back door open. So my Mom and jeff and I wandered around the neighborhood a bit, peeking in backyards, looking for Giles. I even set up a ladder in the backyard to look over the neighbors fence. My mom and I were in the backyard and all of a sudden she appeared, in front of the bees. My mom peeked around the bees to see if she had come out of a hole in the fence or what, and there was a nest of 5 eggs!

She also recently started doing this thing when you go to pet her, she hunkers down and sticks her wings up. It's hilarious. My mom said it's a breeding thing, that's what they do to the rosters before the rooster stomps all over them!

I wonder if the other chickens will do that too before they start laying their eggs.