I think I've decided that having the chickens lay their nests all over the yard is fun. They do it whether I like it or not anyhow and its such a fun surprise for the kids anyhow. Today a mondo nest was found under the kids playset in the playhouse part and that combined with the one from the walkway, the 5 from the coop and a few from the log cabin we have TWENTY THREE eggs! One of the eggs is so big that when put in a carton (sized for XL eggs), the carton can't close. This is one huge green egg
The kids were in bliss-land as they brought in their full basket, giggling and squealing for me the whole way. All this and the day isn;t out yet. There was at least one chicken in the coop while we were out there doing our collecting- so there may be a few more yet.
Our egg production had gone from a steady 5-8 daily to 2 daily last week. Then started creeping back up to around 4-5. I knew they were stashing them somewhere but the kids 'couldnt' find any more and I didn't go out looking. Today they were supposed to be out measuring the yard in 'cubits' and so of course they were distracted and started looking for egg nests instead, lol!
Sarah
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Mommy to Elias (Summer 2000), Hannah (Fall 2001), and Bayus (Spring 2005)
happy wife to Eddie (September 1999)
Since March 29, 2008.............
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