EGGS we have EGGS!!!!!!

They eggs have arrived! The eggs have arrived! The whole family was full of excitement when we found our first tiny little brown egg. We were so excited, we scrambled up that tiny egg and shared it between the 3 of us.

So, after 20 weeks of care giving, my chicks have all grown into mature Hens and their finally giving back eggs. They started out really small, but after a few weeks they are starting to get to normal size.
We're collecting about 4 a day now and soon it will be more and they are the best eggs we've ever tasted!!

Every morning after they eat they will settle into the nesting box I made and by 1:00pm there are eggs. It's magical.....LOL
I think were going on the 5th doz. now WOW...Going to start selling to friends soon. $2.75 for 1 doz. $5 for 2doz. That's cheaper that anyone around for fresh Organic eggs even Wal-Mart.. some place close to here are getting $4 per doz.

We’re all done canning for this year. Out last batch of grape jelly was made last week. I'm starting to collect jars for next year so we will be ready for the canning season. Maybe next year we will really go crazy with it.

We learned a lot this year from our gardening and our chickens. Sadly, our tomatoes did not do so good "stupid weather". It got cold early and I had a late start on tomatoes so a lot of green tomatoes got frosted to death sooo sad. I salvaged what I could and put some in freezer. We are going to thaw some out in mid winter and feed to chickens, they love tomatoes...only a few at a time as a treat.

My organic feed guy, Joe, is still my suppler for feed. What a nice guy he is. He will put out feed for me even when he is going to be closed on the day I'm coming to pick-up feed. I just drop a check in his mail box, grab my feed and off I go.

I got the garden plots almost all done for the winter. Got the compost down & the soil worked up. Tomato cages and hoses are put away for the winter and the Hot Box (or cold frame) is getting fixed up to start the next crop of seedlings.

We are going to do a few things different next year, but I got a long winter to thing about the changes I would like to try and to mull over what worked and what didn’t.

The Internet is like our new best friend now. We do not get out much and when we do it's not all that interesting, but it’s a price I'm willing to pay so that my daughter can spend her day picking flowers, eating apples & pears from the our trees and chasing chickens around the yard. Not to worry about her getting hit by a stray bullet from some drive-by shooting. That happened to some kids 1 block away from my old house in North Minneapolis and 2 kids were killed. Yep, the life here is better than I imagined and I have no regrets.