Here's news from the avian world: we finally got an egg from our hens, just this afternoon. Julie just burst in from the back, screaming: "WE HAVE AN EGG!" You'd think Carl Faberge laid the damn thing from the fuss everybody around here's making about it. Finally, though, we have an egg. Let joy be unconfined.
In other bird news, our pals up in Frisco are getting owls for Christmas. That is, they're having an owl box installed in their suburban backyard, in part as a natural rodent control measure. The Hungry Owl Project is where it all started, and the 911 Wildlife folks are the ones coming out to put the owl box up. Prediction: the Drehers will have a backyard owl box by springtime.
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You. Have. Never. Heaved. Chicken. Poop.?!?!? Julie, you get the egg just by virtue of having given birth to the beautiful children and being the loving wife. And while you are eating, get Rod a shovel! How will he know which experiences are morally improving if he doesn't try them?
Mazel tov on the egg - more to come!!
Sharon
Kevin F. is right. Owls are birds of prey and will make quick work of your chickens unless you keep them in an enclosed area. Take the bat option.
Oh the joy! May you be blessed with many more.
WooHoo! An Egg! During the Nativity Fast! Must be a heterodox breed.
Jason, that's funny...
Do remember to use some of the chicken poop for fertilizer; let it dry and then dilute with lots of water- it's "concentrated". Apply directly to the ground. We never had chickens, but my dad prized prized the occasional offer of fertilizer, and we always had great looking lawns and shrubs. He always composted the grass clippings too.
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