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Longer days lead to more eggs

*I don’t always wash the eggs but these definitely had to be* *cleaned*.

A little bit more sunlight each day and the chickens start to lay.

I suppose it’s in the natural order of things to take a break from eating eggs every day…

Bertha was my husband’s mother. Like me, she moved to Greenville with her husband. She was originally from up north, possibly New York City. She was half Cherokee and half descended from African slaves in America, but she never spoke much about her life before coming …

Hungry Chicks

I’ve been posting cute chick pics lately but make no mistake about it, I took the leap with incubating eggs for the home grown meat. I’m feeding these hungry chicks now, in order to feed my family this summer. Some of these chicks have less …

It’s a New World

I am no longer an incubator virgin. I would say that I had a positive initiation experience.

Early Birds

I always thought that the expression, the early bird catches the worm, meant that if you were prepared and got up early in the morning, you would be rewarded. But now I’m wondering if it first came from the idea that the early bird, the one that breaks free first, would surely get the first worm from its mother…

Eggxiety

Wednesday afternoon is the expected time for them to start pecking their way out of their little worlds into the bigger, badder world waiting for them. I know first hand now what it means to say, ‘don’t count your chickens before they hatch.’

Candling Inconclusive

After candling my eggs, I can only say that it was awkward, and I feel like I should have left well enough alone.

Incubator Ignorance

I received a free electric candling device with my new incubator. It’s supposed help me determine what’s really going on between me and my eggs. Here’s to hoping that the eggs will reveal their true intentions, and our relationship will remain on good terms.

Today’s the Day

Eight to ten weeks after that we will start eating our own organic chicken meat and I will finally feel like our rooster is earning his keep around here!

Getting to Know my Incubator

Now, at around noon I seem to have attained the ideal conditions for a lasting relationship. So now my plan is to get on more intimate terms with my incubator while collecting the best looking eggs from my hens for the next couple of days.

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