So I have decided that for the amount of chicken feed we go through (even with free ranging) that getting 6 to 8 eggs a day just isn't cutting it from 13 hens. So I'm on a mission. Every so often I went out there this morning to see who was in the nesting box. Now my kiddos can tell every chicken apart.. I can't.. so I've been putting a drop of green food coloring on each chicken who was sitting on a nest. And THAT is why I currently have six green tinged chickens.
Six green chickens.. six eggs in the carton.. that adds up... BUT!
Notice something funny? My kids thought this was hilarious! I have no idea why one chicken laid such a teeny tiny egg.
That's a regular size egg, and the tiny egg. Weird.
Anyway, I have been reminding the chickens about the "You don't lay, you don't stay" policy I first told them about when they joined us last year on the farm. They just look at me with that blank chicken stare though..
And now I better get off here so I can get outside and put the 8.5 lbs of Kennebec seed potatoes that I bought for the bargain price of 99c in the ground! The other potatoes are already sprouting beautifully. I also have to go supervise the tilling DH is about to do, we're getting ready to plant corn!
Six green chickens.. six eggs in the carton.. that adds up... BUT!
Notice something funny? My kids thought this was hilarious! I have no idea why one chicken laid such a teeny tiny egg.
That's a regular size egg, and the tiny egg. Weird.Anyway, I have been reminding the chickens about the "You don't lay, you don't stay" policy I first told them about when they joined us last year on the farm. They just look at me with that blank chicken stare though..
And now I better get off here so I can get outside and put the 8.5 lbs of Kennebec seed potatoes that I bought for the bargain price of 99c in the ground! The other potatoes are already sprouting beautifully. I also have to go supervise the tilling DH is about to do, we're getting ready to plant corn!
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