So, the chickens remained on strike and it didn’t make sense to buy new chicks since they have to be 5 months old in order to start laying. So, all the signs for “eggs for sale” have come down and a flyer in the Egg Station has been posted, notifying folks that there won’t be any more soy free eggs available, at least… (more…)
So, I thought things were settling down after I moved the flock that was being eaten by an unknown predator from the back field to the field by the house. But then the hot weather hit… well, what?… 3 days of heat?…. Just enough to put the hens off… the number of eggs produced dropped, and of course, my sales increased. Ain’t that… (more…)
I put on my dancin’ shoes this morning… well, actually my sneakers… There is no rain. The sun is out. The ground has sufficiently soaked up the water. There is no mud! I’m back down to 5’3″ instead of the artificial 5’6″ from the build up of mud on the bottom of my boots. The chickens’ eggs are cleaner, the dogs… (more…)