We Need More Eggs Mom...

 My human daughter left the nest as of last night, you can read all about it H-E-R-E. Earlier this week I was in the kitchen fixing myself some breakfast taking for granted the yummy farm fresh eggs  that sit in a basket on my counter and a thought popped in my head... " I'm gonna have to make sure my daughter and her fiance have a nice supply of my yummy eggs... cant have my baby girl eating those pale, yucky, no tasting store eggs!" Tomorrow their coming to visit, I'll send them home with 3 dozen.  You know how it is when your young, in love and moved out for the first time in your young life... might not have much money or food but if your momma keeps you supplied with farm fresh eggs your good, wont go hungry, so many yummy egg recipes.  Now I just need to teach the girl how to make/bake homemade bread

One of my pretty girls that gives me eggs

Look at them colorful eggs. 

I love it.

Blessings come in many ways, shapes and forms.. 

be wise enough to recognize them..

The Egg Strike Is Over...

 It was such a wonderful surprise to go into the coop this morning and find that one of the girls had laid me an egg... its only been 1 month and 4 days since I've seen ANY eggs in the coop!  I was one happy farm chic today and almost did the happy dance right there in the chicken run ;)

Ended The Day With 3 Beautiful Farm Fresh Eggs

Feelin very blessed

* Some of you read my other blog All Because 2 People Fell In Love and know that I froze egg this past spring with I was over flowing with them.  I'm so thankful I did that since the girls decided to go on strike... I did not have to buy nasty, pale, tasteless store eggs.

Beautiful Eggs & 2012 Bator Time...

Look at the beautiful new eggs I've been gettin from my Oklahoma Hens ...

These 7 went in the bator today... 1st bator hatch of 2012
I just love all the pretty greens & blues :)

Lil Peep Layin Her Egg...

I caught her in the nestbox this mornin layin her egg...

She laid the lighter colored egg

Pretty eggs, I collected 9 today.

Chickens & Egg Nog...

I made some homemade egg nog today...

and the barnyard animals thought I made it for them, lol

Cinnamon & Sugar 2011 Molt

Poor girls are goin through their yearly molt, right on time.

They look pitiful & it looks painful.

Actually alot of my girls are molting right now and I've had a huge drop in my egg supply... some days I'm only gettin 3, 5 maybe 9 eggs from almost 30 hens & 2 duck hens (havent seen a duck eggs in weeks, month). Hope they get back to layin soon, we need eggs! I do have 6 pullets that should start layin any day. I dont think they have started yet, I havent caught any in the nest boxes. Then my other 2 duck hens should start layin any day now too.

Molting in 2010: HERE

Linking up with Verde Farm: Fall Farm Friend Friday #9

She thinks shes hiddin...

I heard one of the hens makin alot of noise down in the barnyard...
so I went snooping & so glad I did.

Wonder how many other hidden nest are down there, lol

* I did walk around & didnt find anymore, I'll have to check this spot from now on to see if shes gonna keep layin there.

Just some pretty eggs I've collected lately...

...I just love all the colors...

These 3 are from my 3 Easter Egger Hens

I'm always findin hidden nest here & there from my bantams, lol

Makin goat yogurt today

Sunshines 1st Egg...

Remember Steven Tyler & Sunshine

Sunshine is about 5 1/2 months old & gave me her 1st egg today.
I plan on hatchin out silkie eggs next spring.

* you would think with as many chickens as I got I'd be rollin in the eggs but I'm not, I lucky to get 10 eggs a day. Great days I get 12.

2July hatches & a double yolker...

I "THINK" these will be my last hatches of the year with broodies, if I get anymore broodies I will have to break em. I do have 42 eggs in the bator & that will be my last bator hatch of the year. Wooweee... I've hatched out alot of chicks this year, lol I've sold some, kept some & some didnt make it.

I got 12 free eggs from a BYC lady that lives in the same area, we are tradin hatchin eggs, 6 hatched... these are mutt chicks, she has mixed hens that are RIR, EE, Golden Comit or her flock roo is a EE/RIR mix and then she has two RIR roos also. They make cute lil chickies.

Little Rosie (chipmunks daughter, hatched out last summer) went broodie for the 1st time, then made a hidden nest in the neighbors field, luckly I seen where she went the night her eggs started to hatch, Kaylin went & got Rosie & her eggs we put them in a dog cage inside the bantam tractor. She had 4 eggs, 2 hatched, they are so tiny & cute.

Somebody gave me a double yolker this week, I just ate it this mornin, yum 0.

Ducklings Are Hatchin...

Remember the Hidden Duck Nest & Update on broody duck hens...
Today makes the 35th day... some of the eggs under LuLu have hatched, all 8 under her had big pips in the yesterday evening. Alot of the eggs under Scarlett had big pips in them too... I'll be out in the coop & by the shed all day to see the action & I'll have my camera ready, lol

To Be Continued...

Hidden Duck Nest!!!

Heres Keyarra with 2 of our ducks & remember when I started gettin duck eggs (1st Duck Egg) on March 27 and then our 2nd Duck Egg & so far I've gotten 11 duck eggs in my chicken coop from my duck hen LuLu in her nestbox so Scarlett (duck hen above) started layin before her in her hidden nest... which we FINALLY found last night!!!

Scarlett sittin on her hidden nest under our shed.
Yesterday (April 7) was the 1st day she sat on it almost all day, so I'm guessin today makes day one? Gotta go look this up.

Nice & fuffy

She has 16 beautiful duck eggs in her hidden nest

So somewhere around May 12 we might see some ducklings?!?!?

2nd Duck Egg...

I found another duck egg...

Soooo I'm gonna do a test on my 1st duck egg I got yesteday. I'm puttin it under one of my broody bantam hens... I know, I know it might not even be fertile but I'm still gonna give it a try. I'm hard headed, very stubborn and I like to do things my way and I hate when people think I'm wrong when I know I'm right. I look thinks up and study them before I speak about them, I do my homework... So I really do believe these are duck eggs. They should get bigger & whitish as my duck hens lay more eggs. This is their 1st year layin & their 1st eggs.

Under broody bantam
Now we wait 35ish long days...

2nd egg could be Lou Lou's?

Found this coffee colored smooth, waxy egg in the same nest box as the 1st one.

Decided to open the 2nd one, gonna make cookies with it

It was alot harder to open than a chicken egg & harder to tear apart after I cracked it.

The yolk is bigger than my chicken yolks

Hummm... maybe I'll get another one tomorrow :)