Green As You Can Be

posted by jax1215 on Feb 9

The age old question of which came first the chicken or the egg…well, at this house it was the chicken. Last March my son gave me 6 peeps for my birthday. I was so excited, could not wait for my first eggs. We even took a class on raising chickens.

Five of the six peeps were roosters. Some dogs came on to our property while we were out and killed the only hen and a rooster. No hope for eggs at that point. then we heard of a lady that could not care for her flock anymore and we rescued 9 hens. They were really stressed and sad looking. No eggs still. During the worst snow storm something got two of our roosters.

Then on one of snowiest days my husband came in with one little egg. Yea !!! I cooked it just for him. That was 6 weeks ago. Finally this week, more started laying and now we have all we can use. (I will never try to figure out the cost of my eggs. LOL)

The chickens are so much fun to watch. No matter the cost of the feed, just the joy of watching them is worth every penny. The eggs taste wonderful, too.

Jax