The 125 watt infrared heat lamp bulb I’ve had in the girls roost box since October burned out on Monday night. I definitely didn’t get the 4,000 hours promised by it’s packaging, but that’s neither here nor there. Since the light not only keeps the girls warm (and yes, I do know that they don’t […]

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So I was in NYC for the last 10 days. The first 6 for work and the last 4 playing tourist with my mother who had never been before. I’ll try to post photos from the trip later.
While I was gone, Prudence started to lay! On Tuesday, I asked Mike how many eggs he’d been […]

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Still no photos of the new girls. We were busy all day on Saturday and even tho I was out and cleaned the coop, I didn’t have a chance to take their photo. Then Sunday was cold and rainy. But the new girls are settling in and the old girls haven’t stopped laying (another 6 […]

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Here’s a picture of the eggs that I’ve gotten so far this week (7 since getting home on Saturday). Yay! On the left are the ones laid by Agnes, on the right the ones laid by Phyllis. We’re going to make an omelette with them tonight!

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So, M says that I don’t really want to get eggs because every time we start to get some I create chaos in the hen house. Not true. But I did create chaos again. I found 2 more pullets (12 weeks old) through Craig’s List. They’re both brown egg layers. Standard size, very pretty, exact […]

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12/31/07.
We’re still getting eggs. It seems that both Agnes and most likely Phyll are laying (eggs seem too small and perfect to be Pru yet). Yay!

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12/30/06.We had fabulous skiing all week in Idaho, many days to enjoy. It was great to see both my brothers - the last time we were all together was my wedding 2 1/2 years ago. We have our differences, but underneath it all, we’re still related and we still love each other. Here’s our week […]

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