Today is Day 2 of my farm internship! I'm having a blast and have already learned a lot.
Yesterday, I learned the routine for morning chicken chores, and I did it myself today. Not exactly rocket science, I know, but there is an electric fence involved...
When I was out to check on the laying hens at about 7:30, they had only laid 2 eggs. I went back later this afternoon and there were 23 more eggs!
Weird thing about chickens: They love to eat the eggs. Not the shells, and they can't break them open themselves, but they love the raw egg. Isn't that some kind of cannibalism?!? By the way, the family's dog Buddy loves them too! These eggs are a lot tougher than commercial eggs, too. We were literally throwing them on the ground, and they weren't breaking. We had to go back in to the pen and stomp on them to get them to break.
We also planted 30 pounds of 1/2"-1" onion bulbs today (think largest size of dog food bags) and primed some of the pieces of woodwork trim that will go in the intern rooms, and loaded up a 4' x 8' "wagon" with firewood.
Phew!
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Sounds like fun. Especially the stomping on chicken eggs. How many chickens for 25 eggs?
ReplyDeleteShe's got 40 "working girls" (the laying hens). They lay eggs for a couple of years or so, and most of them are 18 months to 2 years now. She also has another 60 that will probably start laying later this summer/early fall.
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