The Almost Daily Egg Report

10 eggs on Sunday, 13 eggs on Monday, 11 eggs today. We are living in mud city here - the huge dump trucks transporting the clay that the excavator is digging out of the future pond are wreaking havoc with our driveway and roads. The muck is deep and very mucky. It would be wonderful to have full-time frozen dirt until these trucks can move on. Come on Jack Frost. Hang in there, I know you can do it! How about some lovely piles of snow flakes, too?

The Almost Daily Egg Report

What a relief - the girls are back on schedule and they have given me an even dozen each of the last two days. Today is cold - 10 degrees- and clear. The sun is beginning to shine over the tall row of evergreen trees on the eastern edge of our field. Looks like it is going to be another beautiful day, thanks to the Powers that be.

Egg Report

Today, St. Stephen's Day, is much colder, rather blustery and some snow was flurrying earlier while I was doing my animal chores. The warmer weather of Christmas Day did not encourage the hens to lay more eggs. Au contraire, most of them seemed to take the day totally off, as by dusk I had gathered only six eggs total. They, the hens, must have tapped into the collective unconscious of thousands of relaxing humans and decided to do likewise. The ducks and goose were slipping with their webbed feet on the lightly snow-covered ice of the puddles they were splashing in yesterday. The sheep will be happier today as they will get more hay.

Christmas Day Farm & Egg Report

The ducks are thrilled to be able to drill their bills into the soft earth and to splash and wash in the puddles this morning. The chickens are all out happily picking and pecking about in their muddy yard. The sheep are bleating for more hay, but they don't really need it because it is so mild....like a late March day. The farmer would prefer that all that snow that swirled down upon us earlier in the month still be here. But such is the fickle finger of Lady Weather. My fine hens laid a baker's dozen of eggs for me yesterday. Maybe this warm air will spur them on to laying even more today.

On Christmas Eve, we had a lovely visit at Mary Ellen & Ron's annual open house. Great Eats!! Perhaps the best fish chowder I've ever had (guess I didn't try it last year). Ron's secret ingredient is ...dulse (oops! don't tell anyone you read it here.) MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Egg Report

This is my first farm blog report! My lovely collection of 19 ornamental hens and one rooster are laying a dozen eggs for me most days. Usually I sell 3-5 dozen to friends here in Freeport. This week I'll be giving fresh organic eggs for Christmas to various friends and family.