Our chickens started laying eggs last week....first one lonely little egg and then 2 days later another little egg. By the end of the week we had 4. Yippee! And now, just shy of 2 weeks later, we have collected just over a dozen eggs.
Last night when Joel came back from feeding the animals he brought 5 eggs with him. Wow! I think several of our Buff's have finally ramped up production and pretty soon the remaining hens should all be producing eggs. According to the books I have read, the eggs can start out a little small and get bigger as the hens grow in size. No matter what size they are, we are so happy to finally have eggs from our own hens.
So this morning when I made breakfast we used up the last 2 eggs we had purchased from the grocery store. Hopefully, this is one more step on our road to growing our own food. Next step: time to slaughter some randy roosters. More on that next week.
"Egg-ceptionally" Happy,
Debbie
