This post is linked up with FatMumSlim's weekly Point and Shoot event.
Over the weekend, we got ourselves some chickens. This has been a plan of ours for a while, and Steve has been busy building the chicken coop, which he finished late last week.
We now have three new members of our household (or backyard, really) who are becoming acquainted with the three of us humans and Taylor, our dog. We have named them as any chooks should be named - very originally. The white one is called Foggy (the breed is a Leghorn, so of course our first thought was of Foghorn Leghorn from the old cartoons!) and the two brown ones are Buck and Buck Buck.
Yep, I know.
We were told it could take them a couple of weeks to settle in and begin laying eggs. I think it was proof that they're settling in well when one laid her first egg for us yesterday. It was so exciting to go down the back with Abbey in the morning and find a fresh, warm egg waiting there for us to collect - the beginning of a new morning routine.
Megan
9 comments:
Enjoy your wonderful fresh eggs. Lucky you that they started laying so quickly, ours did take about 3 weeks. The last one only just started laying last week (we have four).
Oh Megan, I am deeply envious. To chook or not to chook is a much debated issue in our household. I hope their quick settlement gives you hundredds of lovely eggs....
Cool!!!!
Ooh lovely! My mom used to keep chickens years ago, and I remember the taste of those eggs was way better than anything we ever bought in a store.
When you have a chance, come on by to collect a token of my appreciation for your lovely blog.
Enjoy! We couldn't live without our chookies and fresh eggs anymore. Just don't let them wander down to our place ;)
Oh, congrats and enjoy! I am looking forward to when we get our chooks, there's a little more tweaking in our yard to do first
Just LOVELY!!!
Getting chickens is also on our list of things to do in 2010 :) Thanks for sharing your photo of them!! I can't wait to get ours! What a lovely morning routine for you!
Claire xo.
Welcome to the family Foggy and Bucks {x2}
How cool is that. x
Wonderful! I am loving the idea of chickens in our backyard, fresh eggs would be fantastic.
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