The young hens have started laying eggs. Their eggs are smaller and lighter colored, but they are trying! Young hen=Smaller egg ( photo / image / picture from marlingardener's Garden ) The older ladies are setting good examples, and we have an abundance of eggs, even if some are pale. cackleberry harvest ( photo / image / picture from marlingardener's Garden ) Our eggs are selling well, which is fortunate since the price of feed has risen. Of course, if none laid another egg in her life, the flock would still be taken care of and spoiled!
I take it that a cackleberry bush has feathers and moves around. They have obviously been egged on. Three cheers for the henhouse ladies. Jerry
Jane, I agree with stratsmom! That was just too cute. Well Done Girls!!! My first crop of chicks was all roos. None of which live here any longer.
I do sooo love fresh cackleberries and you certainly have a wonderful crop there!! I'm sure your customers appreciate fresh, free range eggs instead of shop bought ones.
I read all the replies to the girls and they seemed to appreciate the kind thoughts and praise. At least they gave another three eggs this afternoon, one of which was in a nest box! When someone balks at the price of our eggs, I give them four eggs to try. No one, not one person, has ever balked at the price again! The ladies lay large brown eggs with thick, creamy orange yolks and the whites cook up solid but tender.
The neighbors on both sides have chickens and we are on the receiving end of fresh eggs from each of them at times. I would pay but they say we are neighbors and do for each other. I traded a pot of vegetable soup for an 18 egg carton the other night. dooley
Dooley, Send soup--eggs are on their way! (Just kidding, can you imagine the messes we'd both receive through the mail?)
I LOVE fresh eggs and I have a neighbor that sells them, I normally get around 2 dozen a week, the hubby eats 2-3 eggs a day for breakfast.....One of the good things about living way out in the country!
Nice crop of Cackleberries,..i admit i was wondering,..Cackleberries,..what sort of new berries are they?,..but a nice looking crop,..well done girls,..i just thought of the amount of times i checked a hen by lifting her rump up to see had she laid,..then for the warm egg to drop into my hand. There is a huge taste difference between free range hens eggs and factory hens eggs,..as we all find out,..its a shame that people in the city,..nor the town i live in,.. are really not that aware,..as to how or why an egg is even fertile .
One of my dreams is to have chickens...I would love to feed them and gather the eggs while they cackle.
Kathy, I must admit I had no idea how much fun chickens were until we had them. I just wanted something that produced and thought chickens would be a good way to start out with "livestock". They are so funny! They also get bumfuzzled easily, and have absolutely no long-term memory. I'm very protective of them, and have them trained to come to a "kissy" sound or to the pinging on a metal plate. Sure helps when they are free-ranging and I need to get them back to the coop. You'd enjoy having a few hens, and they contribute wonderful stuff for the compost pile, too!
