The Almost Daily Egg Report

Well, the numbers have been down in the henhouse since my Fabulous Day of Fifteen Eggs. Since then, the hens' daily number of eggs has been: 9, 5 (this was on the fourth day in a row of verrry cold weather), 10, 9 and 10 again today. On Monday and Tuesday this week, we had a balmy respite of 10-20 degree ABOVE temperatures, but today the Arctic Blast is back and the early morning temp was 20 below and mean. The ducks, goose and turkeys have been barely moving at all today - really staying hunkered down. The sheep seem fine if they can have hay every time they see me. Their wooly coats are lovely and long, and I am looking forward to the eventual natural dying, spinning (first I have to learn how...),felting and knitting of their luscious fibers. Work has begun on a large, twelve-sided barn. Concrete pads were poured yesterday, but nobody is working today - it's too cold.