As I scrimp and scrounge for eggs from my motley crew of chickens, I try to not bemoan the fact that when we moved here we brought nearly 200 hens with us! That first winter was rough. The predation was just plain awful and by the time spring rolled around we had around 20-25 hens. We butchered some free loaders as stewing hens and lost a few more and now sit with 6-7 hens (less the Dorkings) that are like 3 years old. Ahh the frustration! So I'm not exactly rolling in eggs.
The extreme heat this past summer didn't help and now they appear to be moulting. I had a small window of time where I actually got some eggs which was rather nice but now that window is cracked open, just barely, and seemingly ready to slam shut.
It's amazing how wordy I can get when I'm writing! Drives my DH batty... I do like descriptive composition though...
Now I have a small batch of chicks we're raising. And they are looking pretty good. I'm intending to buy some pullets soon. This weekend actually ...
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