We got our first egg today...woohoo
One of our 23 week old today twin Jersey Gems named Pooh, went up into the nesting box in my coop and dropped our first of many!!
Mom was the one to find it and we are gonna all eat it after a good scrambling..lol
I let the wife go a little crazy when she went to pick up more layer pellets...happy wife, and you all know the rest!!
I would like to introduce our newest young mini-flock of girls
Sadie is a Cream Legbar
Eeyore is a Jersey Blue
Myrtle is a Green Goddess
Peaches is an Olive Egger
And last, but...
So I picked all my herbs for the first time this season and got a nice start to my “Chicken-Mix” that I will be using in the ladies’ food and nesting boxes when they are ready to use them..
I used quite a few, so here goes...
Basil (Italian, Sweet, Purple)
Cilantro
Dill
Lavender
Lilac
Mint...
I am currently growing, in no particular order, basil (3 different types), oregano, parsley, rosemary, thyme (yes, no sage...yet), catnip, cilantro, lavender, and dill
I think that’s more than enough for now to start...whew
I will be harvesting and drying to grind up and add to coop/nesting...
I have been following this site for some time now getting all kinds of ideas for my “Pullet Palace”, as my wife calls it
We just recently started small with two Jersey Gems and an Easter Egger
We are in the process of getting the permanent coop up that we are making from scratch( and doing a...