EGG!!!!!

SUSAN:
YES! We have our first EGG!!! You can imagine my excitement ... like a mother hen, "clucking" over her young - I'm walking on air with happiness! Start the celebrations - we have an EGG!!! Fortunately Dad and Jane are here to witness the first EGG, and Jane (who you might remember is the one who gave Nigel the Chicken Bible for Christmas) is a super excited grandmother hen, just like me!

Here's what I know: Nigel found the EGG! this morning while he was insulating the chook house for the winter (it's 40 degrees or less here in the evenings already!) the EGG! was resting on the chicken wire underneath the roosts.

Which pullet/hen laid the EGG is unknown!? Despite my inquiries this afternoon..... no hen has come forward to claim the EGG!

What size is the EGG ? Our EGG is the smaller - we're showing a free-range/organic store-bought egg (on the right) so that you can compare the size of our first EGG! It's normal for the eggs to be small at first (yes, we can still eat it!).

How did the hen feel when she laid the EGG? This has been the biggest conundrum for me all day ... who is she? How is she feeling? What happens the first time you lay an EGG!? I'm sure this must be an emotional (& perhaps painful) time for the pullet/hen, but there's no way to provide any support, since we don't know who laid the EGG.

When will we get more eggs? We aren't sure, but probably within the next 3-4 days the same pullet/hen will lay again!!!!. This EGG is a great big surprise for everyone (probably most especially for the hen - see above). These pullets/hens should not typically start laying (according to the Chicken Bible) until they are about 6 months old. Our chooks were 4 months old on September 22. This little hen is "advanced" for her age, having already laid her first EGG!!

Was the EGG laid appropriately in the boxes constructed in the coop for this purpose? No, the boxes have not been constructed yet because well......Nigel has been goofing around on other projects like fences... saying they wont be laying until mid-November!!!

How should we cook & share the EGG? Advice is welcome!