Congratulations, Ethel!

This girl’s been up to something…

Yesterday just before I took off for work I looked out back and saw Ethel in the yard again.  Deep sigh.  They have such a nice barnyard.  The grass is NOT greener on the other side, damn it!  I usually always go out and put them back over the fence when I see them in the yard, but I was running late and skipped it.

When I got back she had returned her bad self back over the fence.  “Thank you, Ethel,” I said.  “You’re a good hen when you’re not acting like Lucy and flying all over the place.”

Then I got down to doing chores.  Fill up the waters, gather the eggs from the nesting boxes, replenish the hay…

And look what I found in the hay bin.

Be still my heart!

One perfect white egg.  From my Ethel.

Today I was home to watch.  Yep, she flew over the fence.  I caught her, walked her into the coop and introduced her to the nesting boxes.  That didn’t last long.  Again, over the fence.  Persistent girl.

I don’t know why, but I feel like I need to sit down for a while. This looks like a nice, quiet place!

Upsy daisy!

Is that lady around? I’d like some privacy…

Let me just do a bit of rearranging of this soft hay. Boy, I have really gotta sit down.

Whoa! You will NOT BELIEVE what just happened!!!!!

Then she busted out an AWESOME I-Laid-An-Egg-Song.

Oh what an eggscellent morning, oh what an eggcellent day!

I have so missed white eggs.  It’s been over a year since my sweet, sweet Scout went to the chicken coop in the sky.  My egg basket always looked a little sad without her white eggs.

Scout. She was one great girl.  I think Ethel looks a bit like her, don’t you?

With lots of hens still molting my egg basket doesn’t quite runneth over, but it’s a wee bit prettier!

Now I have TWO perfect white eggs! Rock on, Ethel!

(Shared at Homesteader’s Hop, Clever Chicks Hop, Backyard Farming Connection, Tuesdays With A Twist, Down Home Hop, HomeAcre Hop, From the Farm Hop and Little House Friday!)