We visited Grandma's today, and got there before one of her customers picked up these eggs. She has several regular customers that would come by when they want fresh eggs. Max was glad to visit again. He killed several of her chickens the last time Grandma kept him when we were out of town. Bo… Continue reading Grandma’s Chicken
The last time I visited Grandma's Garden was in May, her vegetables have grown since then. I didn't get to take many photos, it threatened to rain while I was shooting video and then the sky opened up. It was thunder and lighting and I didn't think it would be ideal to use the rainsleeve… Continue reading Visiting Grandma
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/23193009 w=500&h=400] Grandma has so many hens that she lost count of them. They are like her children and they follow her around. She has to lock the roosters up part of the day so that the hens can do their business. This one is waiting for her turn to lay her egg, Grandma said… Continue reading Chicken Update May 1, 2011
The Americana hen finally hatched her eggs. She started out with 12 eggs, one cracked at the very beginning. It took 21 days for the eggs to hatch, 1 peep died before it hatched, and 2 rotten eggs. Another peep died and I think the mom must have stepped on it, Na said it looked… Continue reading Chicken Update November 13, 2010
It has been 31 weeks and the young hens are hatching their own chicken peeps. This Americana hen has been sitting on 11 eggs for 21 days now and she has hatched 7 out of 11 eggs yesterday and today. These were not all her eggs though, Bo's mom picked the biggest eggs and she… Continue reading Chicken Update October 30, 2010
It is 23 going into 24 weeks and the hens are laying about 2 dozen eggs per day now. Bo's Americana hens are laying more bluish eggs than before. This one has a strange color, not sure which hen laid this egg. The Lao mortal is still a favorite drinking fountain for many chicken. They… Continue reading Chicken Update September 6, 2010
Chicken update August 29, 2010 and it's about 22 weeks. Just the week before that the hens were laying 12 eggs per day and last week they were laying 20 eggs per day. We picked up 3 trays of fresh eggs on Sunday and gave 2 trays to my dad, I'm sure he is enjoying… Continue reading Organic Eggs
21 weeks and Bo's Americana hens finally lay some eggs. Bo and Lee visited his mom yesterday and bought home a tray of fresh laying eggs. Between his mom's Black Star hens, Rhode Island Red hens and Bo's Americana hens, they lay 12 eggs per day now. Bo's Americana hens lay the greenish eggs below… Continue reading Chicken Update August 17, 2010
