Eggs

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After being a very consistent blogger during the month of March it seems like I have fallen off the face of the earth in April! I am still here, although this last week has been very busy with no time to sit and blog.

One of my favorite things about spring, besides the flowers, are eggs.

I know, eggs sounds a little weird. However during the long, cold winter my hens don’t lay very much. I have 7 hens right now and I would get about 1-2 eggs a day. A far cry from last summer when every lady would lay every day! It has to do with the lack of lighting, and while I can keep my hens laying well by giving them artificial light through out the winter, I choose not to, I would rather they had their rest, the way nature intended.

So when spring rolls around and the hens start laying more and more I get excited.


We are up to about 4 a day now, and I am hoping we will soon get to 7. Although, my hens are two years old now and they egg production will naturally go down. Now once the chicks start laying in July we will really have eggs coming out our ears. I hope that once that happens, eggs will be our primary source of protein in the summertime.

5 thoughts on “Eggs”

  1. What pretty eggs! I can't wait to have fresh eggs again. We had 23 layers until last summer when they were all killed by predators. We will be starting over with baby chicks this spring.

  2. Our egg production is finally up as well. We dropped off to between 4-7 eggs a day in the winter and are now getting between 18-22 a day now. I DO have eggs coming out my ears. Thankfully we have several people who buy from us.

    Your eggs are beautiful…I love the rich colors. Do you wash yours?

  3. I do wash them if they are dirty. Right now the chicken run is really muddy, so the eggs get pretty dirty. I usually only wash them right before I use them.

  4. These are soooo pretty! I would love to have a few chickens in my yard, but alas, we don't have a fence! BTW, I just posted my bottled potatoes. THANKS for all your help!

  5. BEAUTIFUL eggs!! They remind me of the ones I used to gather when I worked for a local Bed & Breakfast!
    Blessings, Aimee