Problems in the coop. The chickens are slowly starting to lay again, but they are doing it on the roosting bars, not the nesting box. The result: broken eggs that are no good for human consumption.
Our home-made cheese is maturing. Read more...
We added three new hens to our flock. Read more...
We're baking sourdough bread. Read more...
We're knitting a woolly blanket.
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August was a great month for the chickens. They seemed to enjoy the warm weather and sunshine, and responded to the extra light with 91 eggs.
A little late, perhaps, but I’ve tallied up the eggs laid in June. 85. That’s slightly down on last month, and the fourth monthly decline in a row, down from a high of 91 in March.
May saw a slight fall in the number of eggs laid by our three hens. That was unexpected, but there are some possible explanations.
Whenever we give away or sell any of our eggs we get compliments on the yellowness of the yolks. And they are very yellow – almost orange at times. The reason why is quite simple.
Counting up the eggs laid in April shows remarkably similar rates of production between that month and March thanks to the longer, sunnier days.
Now that the days are getting longer the number of eggs we’re getting each week is increasing. For anyone with a small flock like ours, it’s surprising what a difference it makes.