Animals
PS. (Hubbs thought I should name this post "getting laid", but I thought not....after all this blog is family rated....or at least until now it was)
- Mystery Solved
There are days when "tales" take place in a moment and I am lucky enough to have my camera ready to capture the moment. And then there are tales that unfold over a number of months.Today's tale is one that began last summer. It is a tale that...
- In A Fog
We spent yesterday in a fog.Literally.(And you thought I might be referring to our state of mind!) From the time of sunrise right through to sunset,the day stayed murky and gray,rainy, drizzly, unseasonably warm...55 degrees. Everyone took shelter...
- Winter Egg Production
I have read a few articles with opinions on how to keep up winter egg production.Most suggest using a light inside the henhouse tocounteract the shortened days. I have also read that leaving a light on all nightstresses the hens. Our solution has...
- Guinea Eggs
Well, our young guineas have begun laying. They lay the cutest little, brown eggs. We have been letting them free range every day; and at night they return to their henhouse to roost. They lay their eggs in the henhouse. We have to quickly snatch them...
- The Long And The Short Of Egg Production
Currently, we have about 30 layers....producing about 15 (plus or minus) eggs a day. We have a dozen more Rhode Island Red adolescents that will begin to lay later this winter. The amazing thing to me is the variety of color and size that we get in any...
Animals
Egg-stremes
Yesterday afternoon I gathered eggs as usual. Our hens have not slowed down in egg production this winter. I keep an infra-red light on in their henhouses all winter for warmth. Does this affect egg production? Your guess is as good as mine.
Well, things were going along as usual, until I came upon this particular egg. This is the largest egg that I have ever found in our henhouse. I pictured it here beside our smallest egg ever.
Here it is beside the usual eggs. The white is from our fancies, and the brown is the typical size for our brown layers (by the way, the dark brown is Jumbo sized). The apple is there as a size reference.
So this huge wrinkly egg must belong to some other creature who just happened to be passing through our henhouse. Or perhaps it is the first attempt for one of my young and upcoming layers. What a way to start out! Pitty the poor gal!! It is not unusual for a new chicken to lay a few misshapen eggs as she starts out. This one, however, is most unusual!
- Mystery Solved
There are days when "tales" take place in a moment and I am lucky enough to have my camera ready to capture the moment. And then there are tales that unfold over a number of months.Today's tale is one that began last summer. It is a tale that...
- In A Fog
We spent yesterday in a fog.Literally.(And you thought I might be referring to our state of mind!) From the time of sunrise right through to sunset,the day stayed murky and gray,rainy, drizzly, unseasonably warm...55 degrees. Everyone took shelter...
- Winter Egg Production
I have read a few articles with opinions on how to keep up winter egg production.Most suggest using a light inside the henhouse tocounteract the shortened days. I have also read that leaving a light on all nightstresses the hens. Our solution has...
- Guinea Eggs
Well, our young guineas have begun laying. They lay the cutest little, brown eggs. We have been letting them free range every day; and at night they return to their henhouse to roost. They lay their eggs in the henhouse. We have to quickly snatch them...
- The Long And The Short Of Egg Production
Currently, we have about 30 layers....producing about 15 (plus or minus) eggs a day. We have a dozen more Rhode Island Red adolescents that will begin to lay later this winter. The amazing thing to me is the variety of color and size that we get in any...