The farm is growing here. We have 35 meat chickens and now we have 10 laying hens. The laying hens are completely different from the meat chickens. Laying hens are pretty, clean and don't go nutso for their food. They graciously leave their eggs for us each morning and only ask for clean water and some food in return. It's funny because I thought our family used a lot of eggs, it seemed like every time we ate them we would use at least a dozen. Now that we are getting SEVEN a day I don't think we use that many eggs!! Right now our fridge has 2 cartons of eggs, a bowl full of approximately 20 eggs and have just started another bowl with 7 eggs in it.
The eggs are beautiful, just like the chickens. Seth says that the chickens "poop out the eggs". Right now I am becoming very familiar with any possible recipe that calls for a lot of eggs, quiche, french toast, egg salad sandwiches, devilled eggs etc.
Here is the flock. I haven't named them, maybe once the meat chickens "leave" and I have more time to focus on the laying hens they will start to have names!
I wonder what these two ladies are talking about, maybe wondering why I am taking pictures of them and not giving them their food.
I am so thankful for these 10 ladies and the fresh eggs that they provide for us.
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