Hens are Laying

Wow! We've doubled our egg production. We now are getting 4 eggs a day. With 26 hens eating like porkers it probably makes it around $20 dozen. Good financial sense to me the accountant/homesteader in the family. Can't bring myself to calculate what these eggs actually cost. I know I will cry. Now just to get the rest of the 22 hens to lay!!! And maybe using those nice nest boxes we made might be a bounce to use instead of hiding them. At least it would be convenient for the homesteader...ME!

I really think they are holding out on me. Come on...26 hens and 4 eggs a day. I know they aren't 5 months old till the 13th of this month, which by the way I claim "13" as my lucky number. May explain a few things in my life. LOL.

But I am pretty proud of this brood. They are gentle and now are coming up to me with no fear. One today pecked at my boot. Not sure what she thought she was finding. But our Ladies are truly hilarious to watch. Just wish the weather wasn't changing so fast. They love roaming the backyard and they sure have eliminated a lot of nasty insects, one of the benefits of chickens...no pesticides! And I am no fan of most insects or pesticides. A quandary the hens have fixed for me.

Homesteading can mean early morning milkings and feedings, late night chores and more to do than there is day. But there are those times, when I lean on the gate where the hens are perching and I'm stroking them, how do I explain the feeling of peace and at oneness one feels. They peer into your eyes and you look back and you know you are where you want to be.

The Greenhorn Homesteader