The week that we were to leave for our mission trip…..I found this….
I was sooooo excited!!!!!!
But when I looked closer ….I noticed it had a hole in it. BUMMER
However most everyday since then we have gotten at least one egg and sometimes two a day. That is cool.
Chickens tend to slow down and some even stop laying in the winter time…from what I have read. I think I probably just have one or two chicks laying. I’m not sure…but one or two of them seem to be matured a little more than the others. I say that because of their combs.
We have a friend who watches after the dogs and the chickens while we are gone. I told her to keep whatever eggs she gathered….she said she got about 10 while we were gone.
Sadly enough we had some bad news awaiting us when we returned from our trip though.
One of the hens….and our rooster died while we were away.
I do not know for sure what happened to them….I have looked in my little chicken book to see if it could tell me for sure.
The hen…well… she only had a pile of feathers where she had been. The rooster….much grosser. My neighbor said his head was gone….and he left behind a pile of feathers…she gave him a proper burial. I really appreciate her doing that, I was just sorry that it all happened on her watch.
A hawk was seen around for a day or so after we returned…and a fox could have been a culprit too…it could have been several different things. It’s just sad….but it is also bound to happen every once in a while.
I haven’t had any other trouble since I have been home…but one never knows…there are predators everywhere.
I still am a little anxious when I go to close them up for the night. I count them to make sure the others are still there. I have seven hens now….I took a picture of them roosting for the night. It looks like a day time picture…because my flash is so good on my camera.
Here they are settled in for the night
They squawked a little when the flash went off…..the other two were sleeping on the shelf above the nesting boxes.
I saved my egg cartons all summer in hopes of filling them with my own eggs one day….
I finally filled the first carton. WOO HOO!!!!! Aren’t they just beautiful. I love the color variations.
This particular egg carton had a scripture inside….
I like that….
I've Gone Country 