So these are our lovely ladies. They are a great group of chickens and there’s nothin’ like fresh eggs.
The yolks are a deep orange that make the yummiest fried eggs, rich quiches and are a blessing to have on hand when throwing together a cake or batch of brownies. What? No eggs in the fridge? Time to trek out to the coop! And I must admit, I’m the #1 go to person on our street for “Do you have an egg to spare?” 😀
As you can see they’re a hodgepodge of different breeds. We started out with a quad of beautiful Rhode Island Reds.
And then we got a dog.
Turns out chickens and ADD Labrador teenagers (who know how to dig) don’t mesh well. I’m pretty sure he meant well but no, they weren’t moving toys. So the Labrador went to a neighbor (thanks Kelly). And she posted this picture on Facebook a few days later…
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| “If I don’t make eye contact, they can’t see me” |
This would have been our backyard.
And those feathers would not have been a pillow.
So fortunately now, Zak has a home that is chicken-free with a super loving family, and a BFF named Kaya to play with all day long.
Keeping chickens is incredibly easy. All they need is a little shelter from varmints, food, water and room to roam when the weather is nice. Ours love walking the yard and eating grass and worms. This makes for happier chickens. I used to run a country store with my mother-in-law. We had a sign out front for “Happy Chicken Eggs.” They sold as quick as we could put them into cartons. There’s nothing like a farm fresh egg and the experience is all the more enjoyable knowing they come from happy chickens 🙂
My favorite way to eat eggs is fried with crumbled goat cheese on top. SO good! How about you?
Yum! Farm fresh eggs from happy chickens free to roam. So glad that Zak found a good home with plenty of feather pillows. As always, I enjoy your blogs and look forward to your book "Be Still my Soul".
Oh my, I can definitely relate to having a crazy pup who destroys things…my golden retriever reeks havoc on everything. My poor cat. 😛
Chickens are truly the best pets ever!
A "Quad" of hens is perfect for us as well! I think a dog is the "only" pet we don't have currently and your post illustrates why 😉 The cats however have a healthy respect for these "birdzillas"!!
Tami (aka-Tamara)
We had chickens for a short time when I was a teenager. I didn't like having to go into the coop to look for the eggs because the rooster we had was sooo mean. I don't think he liked me any more than I liked him.
I like eggs in a quiche or an omelet. Yum!
I like fresh eggs as well! I love them fried, usually on toast with bacon and cheese. Okay, I'm hungry now! 🙂
Thank you anonymous! I hope you'll enjoy it!
Love hearing your chicken stories (and cats and dogs!) And you guys are making me hungry too!
love the story jo…..ALL the stories….even more i love your view of the daily world and all its joys and heartaches…hugs, auntie m
I have some neighbors with chickens and they've liked having them. My husband wants to buy a cow and share the work/rewards with some friends. But I'm not so sure. 🙂
Love you, auntie M!
Stacy, too funny! You'd have an excuse to buy a cute pare of wellies 😀
haha, nice spelling, Joanne! That was supposed to say "pair." This is what happens when you hold a baby and type at the same time!
Oh wow! I would love to own chickens to have the fresh eggs. Yum! But unfortunately, we have a new Lab puppy, who I am sure, would also love the chickens . . . Thanks for this fun post!
Deborah, I'd say based on the above photo that's a wise decision 😉 Labs are cute bundles of energy. Zak used to be so uncoordinated, he'd be so excited to see you, he'd run so fast to say hi, he'd crash right into you. His breaks were not the greatest.