Germaine and Josephine have adopted a third member into their little love nest... "to-be-named" has spent the last three nights in their coop. **OOWWWW, Mistigris just attempted to climb me like a tree. His claws are sharp** Anyways, the three of them roam around together all day now... you have to love this sexually friendly farm;)
Renee and I finished two coops this week (YAY!) and now all our darlings are living in hoop coops - protected from wind, rain, floor poop, and predators. And they look pretty darn cute. We also attended a Shiitake Mushroom cultivating workshop on Monday night, which was very interested... we left with two large inoculted logs (logs stuffed with Shiitake spores). In six months we will have tons of mushrooms! In the past few weeks, we have hung out alot with Jean-Claude and Linda (They are the two in the photos with the chickens, Renee, and I) who are really interesting, sweet people. So we have managed to get out of the house a little bit...
I have come to the conclusion that eggs are specific to each hen. Even though the egg count has increased a ton lately, I have noticed that there are always several eggs each day that look the same as the day before: one is long and skinny, one is fat and round, one is perfectly oval, one is VERY dark brown, two are super light brown, and there have been two eggs that are WRINKLED! Haha! The white egg I posted pictures of is the one that is wrinkly that I first found. I thought it was soft when I saw it in the laying box but oddly enough, it is as hard as any other egg! As if it was wrinkled inside the hen, while it was hardening. It absolutely cracks me up. And then we found a brown one today like that. SO COOL! Another funny egg thing: a few of the leghorns have been hanging out daily under the oak trees near the pasture. Just the other day, Renee and I realized that perhaps we should look there for eggs and BINGO! Eggs. I found six white eggs under the oaks. Chickens are so funny about where and how and what shape they lay their eggs.
I wish everyone could see and experience how much laughter happens on this farm. We (All members of Twin Oaks) are constantly being ridiculous, or finding something else hilarious... I love it:)
Duck update: they are getting SO BIG. And we have had 100% survival rate for one week, yay!
Market update: second Seaside Farmer's Market tomorrow morning. We are getting up at 5:00am. And we are bringing tons of eggs and preserves, as usual.
Weekend update: I am staying the weekend in Panama City Beach, at our friend Michael's apartment. Life is rough, I know... beach, books, sunshine... this weekend will be a tough one but hopefully I can make it through...
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