Thursday, March 26, 2009

Backyard Chicken Finally Lays Egg(s)


Well, she did it, and we're mighty proud:


After several months of wondering what was going on with our chicken, we found four eggs in the yard in various semi-hidden areas. One was broken. As you can see they are a light green due to the fact that she is an Ameraucana mix, sometimes known as Easter Eggers.

We don't keep her in a cage anymore, not even at night. She just free-ranges all day and night and stays put in the yard (except the one time where the neighbor found her in his lawn chair, which they found amusing). I don't even really feed her much, just let her munch on the bugs and the grass in the yard.

I'll let everyone know when we hit the break-even point with this investment.


2 comments:

Brian Jester said...

Are any "fresh", worth giving a try for breakfast?

Chris said...

We ate them this morning. Tasty.

Most of the eggs you buy in a store have been sitting around unrefrigerated for a week or so, and by the time they get to the store they have been in trucks, warehouses, and on the shelf for about another week or so.