Posted in Uncategorized on July 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Make custard!
We are now at the point where we are really getting a lot of eggs… since I last posted, we’ve had egg amounts per day as follows:
Saturday – 6
Sunday – 6
Monday – 3
Tuesday – 5
Wednesday – 6
Thursday – 8!
Today – 6
That puts our egg counter up to 91 eggs. That means if we get [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
doo dootdoot DOO dootdoot doodoodoodooooo DUHta DUUUUUHH!!!!!!! {when I say that out loud it sounds like fanfare and is very exciting… just go with it}
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, may I present – our very first Orpington egg!!! <<loud cheers and applause from all around>>
This morning I took a break around 10 am to let [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Eggs Monday: 4 – Shelley 1, Lady B. 1, Pippin 1, Lorelei 1
Eggs Tuesday: 4 – same 4 chickens
Eggs today: 3 – Lady B. 1, Pippin 1, Shelley 1
Maybe Teddy Roosevelt had chickens, I don’t know. But I can tell you one thing – truer words have never been spoken when it comes to chickens. I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Friday: 4 (3 EEs, 1 huge Marans)
Saturday: 1 huge Marans
Sunday: 3 EEs
More to come later.
Posted in Uncategorized on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As I just realized when I read it on Cori’s blog, today is July 9th, so that makes today our 5 month chicken-raising anniversary! It also makes day before yesterday the chickies’ 5-month-old birthday (they were born on Saturday and delivered to us on Monday). Anyway, and since it’s my own birthday tomorrow (the big [...]
