Strange Happenings in the Hen House

I went to the clothesline then thought I'd just pop up and visit the chickens to say hello. And while I was there I peeked into the nesting box (I mean, you never know, our girls have to lay an egg eventually), and all of the wood shavings had been pushed to one side until the bottom of the box was showing.

I can't tell you how excited I was. I started sorting through the bunched up litter, then I thought, What if a snake has done this? Do snakes do that? So I still sorted through it, albeit carefully, and there was no egg, but I'm certain we're getting closer.

Maybe that's why Miss Milligan's been singing loudly lately. She's getting closer to being the proud mother of her first egg.

            It doesn't matter how carefully you look at it, little chook. It's still not an egg!