The Almost Daily Egg Report

On New Year's Day, the Egg farmer packed 4 dozen eggs into her pickup and delivered Free New Year's Eggs to friends and family in Freeport - the Mahoneys, the Rheas, the Sturtevants and the best mother-in-law-in-the-world Irene. The last stop was the Sturtevants ( Irene happened to be there, too) and we all settled in for a delicious cup of tea and enjoyable New Year chat.

Oh! The latest farm news is that David has spent the last week training the ducks, goose and turkeys to come when they hear our new doorbell (see latest farm photos) ringing. This is a beautiful, big, bronze bell sculpted by talented young artist, Harry Gold who also did our fish hinges on the hobbit door and who painted a gorgeous mural in the potting shed (no photos on website, yet - sorry).

So, back to the ducks. Every day David made the bell gong, shook his can of feed, threw out the feed and after about a week...they got it! Yesterday, as soon as he gonged the bell, the whole band of roving fowl lifted their heads in unison and their webbed feet (except for the turkeys) started marching in a beeline for the bell. So, when you come to our house and ring our doorbell, expect to be greeted by a band of hungry, quacking ducks, et al. Oh yes, the Hens laid thirteen eggs on Thursday and ten on Friday.