The Almost Daily Egg Report

Eight eggs on Wednesday. They, the hens, really laid more eggs, but I have to reveal the darker side of chickens to those of you unfamiliar with farm ways: often they will break and eat one or more of their own eggs. Yesterday, I think they might have nabbed two, because when I collected eggs in the afternoon, one of the nesting boxes was pretty messy with the sticky residue of raw egg innards. Some days I go out three or four times in hopes of getting the eggs before the hens start pecking at them. And some days I succeed...but some days I don't. It's sort of the great story of being a human played out between the hens and me. The sun is shining brilliantly, the sky is lovely blue with puffy cumulus clouds floating about. It's the first day of the new year. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL!!!