The front of our property is sectioned off and family lives there. They have lived there for a long time now and it's their forever home as well. Cool thing is, because they live there 24/7, we get to live vicariously through their experience with chickens! Not to mention share in the bounty of fresh eggs. Last October, the 21st to be exact, they got a box full of baby chicks in the mail! It still amazes me that baby chicks are being shipped around all over the country at any given moment, but I digress. They got the hens they ordered, and then ended up with a few roosters too! The company apparently puts roosters in the box, for no additional charge, to keep all the hens warm!
Boy chicks give off more body heat than girl chicks! Who knew?
Now though, they are egg laying machines, she said they are getting almost a dozen a day! Once we are out there full time, we'll be in egg heaven. In case you've never had a farm fresh egg, or as we call them, a "REAL EGG", they are nothing compared to what you get in the store.
My stomach just growled, ha.
Anyway, does anyone have any great ideas for use of extra eggs?
Maybe a great old family tradition or recipe or idea?
We want to be able to make some great stuff and share it with the family that gives us the eggs!
Maybe a great old family tradition or recipe or idea?
We want to be able to make some great stuff and share it with the family that gives us the eggs!
Hello there. Those chickens look strangely familiar. Excellent blog BTW
ReplyDeleteLove the picket fence idea. When are you going to post that fritatta recipe? I am up to my ears in eggs!!
Hey Neysa, yeah, they do don't they? And I think a few might not be with us anymore? LOL! (more on that in another post!).
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments! I'll post that recipe soon!! :-)