Just Chickens

I promise no more sad posts or thinking ones for awhile. I am driving myself nuts. I told myself, if I sit at the keyboard and write one more sad thing I am going to quit blogging. So for now just simple posts.

On Thursdays I go grocery shopping. It is not a chore I like to do but the fun thing I do now that makes me so happy and excited about shopping is I buy my chickens great big bags of greens. In the bags it has spinach, turnip, collards, mustard greens. Sometimes I think about just taking a bag in the house and eating all by myself. They get such a kick out of it that I can't wait to take it out to them and I love watching them eat it because they do enjoy it so much. It has I think really increased my egg production. Yesterday I got eggs from every hen.

 One good thing I have noticed that since I have roosters. There is peace in the chicken house. The hens don't fight because when they do the two little black and white policemen break it up. They strut around bossing everyone around. I am not a big fan of roosters just because their favorite sport is rape. My poor little older Silkie is the hen of choice. I know it is just nature but I sure get tired of it. I am glad my big hens are too big. They are very entertaining. They run constantly up and down the yard when I have the hens out. They are trying to keep those hens in order and you know trying to keep hens in order is like herding cats.

I was trying to get a shot of all of my hens. I have two Cuckoo Marans, Two Welsummers and some New Jersey Giants. I also have a couple of Plymouth Rocks. There are two Silkie roosters and three silkie hens and two Mlle Fleur hens. Oh and one Silver Wyandotte. Then the oldest hen I have is a cross breed Araucona because she lays green eggs. The oldest hen is 11 and one batch is six years old and the next 4 years old and then the roosters will be a year old along with two of the silkie hens.

I was thinking today I might like to buy an incubator and hatch my own chicks. I was thinking of ordering some fertilized eggs and doing it that way. Of course I am ready to have chicks and not a single broody hen.
Who knows, I just sit and think about chicks and hens and how nice it is to have them.

I finished school today so our spring break starts today!!!! I am so glad to have a whole week to do what ever I want. That is the plan. I made menus so all I had to do was remember to put it in the crock pot and I will be good to go. It feels so nice to think about a week break. I got some new wool and it is just lovely waiting to be turned into chicken rugs. There is so many possibilities.

Thanks for stopping by and being such an encouragement to me. Bless you all.

~Kim~