Although this is not about cooking eggs (albeit indirectly with the results of the labours of the hens) it is about the chickens that lay the eggs.
My son finally succumbed to my whining about missing my chickens
and farm
, he built a coop. I fetched the 5 chickens he ordered and oops, I brought home 7
. We purchased POL (point of lay) or aka RTL (ready to lay). Slightly more expensive than day old chicks but we didn't want to go thru the hassle of raising them. Would have been good for the kids but the adults preferred to NOT.
Took a week for them to settle in, at first we only got 1 or 2 eggs a day but they've suddenly got the hang of it and we are just starting to get 7 per. Still pretty small but eggs will get extra large when matured.
After about a week or so, we still had not quite finished the run. Mostly but still some more things to do - finish securing the wire overhead to various attachments, one of them being the roof of the coop. I suggested to my son we could let them out while we are working in there. They'd be so happy looking around the grass that they won't be looking up.... wrong! Within 15 minutes one headed/flew straight to the roof of the coop - the one biggest place not secure. Panic ensued - if she went from the roof of the coop to the outer fence (2-3 feet maybe?) she would be in heavy weeds and growth from an empty lot that led to the ravine and a busy main thoroughfare. Nimble son to the rescue, practically leapt to the roof from the opposite side and managed to literally push her back into the run. That's the first story.
Next...
Now the thing is you have to understand, chickens are omnivores. Yes, they eat and like grain - but go insane chasing anything alive and kicking. If they happen to spot a dot of a different colour they peck at it to find out if it's edible. You know... like that little bloody spot on your knee where you knelt on a sharp stone while gardening.
I'm sure there will be more stories to come.
Does anyone else have some episodes they remember from past or present?
My son finally succumbed to my whining about missing my chickens
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Took a week for them to settle in, at first we only got 1 or 2 eggs a day but they've suddenly got the hang of it and we are just starting to get 7 per. Still pretty small but eggs will get extra large when matured.
After about a week or so, we still had not quite finished the run. Mostly but still some more things to do - finish securing the wire overhead to various attachments, one of them being the roof of the coop. I suggested to my son we could let them out while we are working in there. They'd be so happy looking around the grass that they won't be looking up.... wrong! Within 15 minutes one headed/flew straight to the roof of the coop - the one biggest place not secure. Panic ensued - if she went from the roof of the coop to the outer fence (2-3 feet maybe?) she would be in heavy weeds and growth from an empty lot that led to the ravine and a busy main thoroughfare. Nimble son to the rescue, practically leapt to the roof from the opposite side and managed to literally push her back into the run. That's the first story.
Next...
Now the thing is you have to understand, chickens are omnivores. Yes, they eat and like grain - but go insane chasing anything alive and kicking. If they happen to spot a dot of a different colour they peck at it to find out if it's edible. You know... like that little bloody spot on your knee where you knelt on a sharp stone while gardening.
I'm sure there will be more stories to come.
Does anyone else have some episodes they remember from past or present?