April showers bring . . . worms! and other fun things living in the ground for our chickens to root out and snack on.
Meet the flock:
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| Cogburn, The Enforcer |
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| Eve, baby of the family |
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| Jude, aka Broody Judy |
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| Henrietta and Georgette, Golden Girls |
Our lovely hens give us four eggs each and every day - two brown and two green - and we are so grateful, we let them freely scratch around outside in the yard (when the dogs are securely inside the house). Two dozen eggs per week is just about enough to satisfy our baking needs! This summer, we'll use these eggs in cookies and other baked goods we bring to sell at the farmer's market. Someday we'd like to be able to sell the eggs, too; so this spring we'll be raising another handful of baby chicks (just as we did last spring), gradually adding to the flock until we've reached our optimum number. In the meantime, we just enjoy their bounty and their peculiarities!
