egg monday

Eggtastic!

This morning Madalyn was in her nest box

She was preparing for her first egg!

After about 40 min. lots of scratching & panting...

Her first egg was laid!

After she ate some food

This is the egg it's a beauty, even if it's small :)

something wicked this way comes

The ease & romance of summer has me truly in love with chicken keeping.I like getting up and letting the girls out in calm of morning and tucking them in the warmth of dusk. Now that the days getting shorter and the leaves staring to turn it has me wondering what the winter has in store for us.

Fox in the Hen House

I just finished reading this wonderful interview with Orren Fox, a 12 year old who keeps 25 backyard chickens. Wow. I am so very impressed with this young man. I read it aloud to Elaine who shed a tear of joy that such a young boy could be so eloquent and wise beyond his years. Check out the interview:

A must read! http://www.takepart.com/blog/2009/08/21/meet-happy-chickens/

And he also has a blog here.

Waiting...

Waiting for the girls to lay eggs any day now. I heard the news that their sisters produced 4 eggs this morning up in Petaluma!

Hen Update

The girls are doing great! Still waiting for eggs and have been saving all my empty cardboard egg crates from the store, current count is at 7. I feed the hens Organic Pride layer crumble and of course give them table scraps, fruit, veggies and edible greens from the yard.