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Chirping
- May 16, 2020
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So, my dad told me the hens were supposed to take 'a break' during winter.
That we might only get one egg a day
That we might get none.
The 18 pack and 12 pack plus 4 eggs in the fridge right now says otherwise.
We had one single day where we found no eggs in the nesting box. One.
And then they've laid 4 eggs a day since. And eating 4 eggs a day isn't a challenge, but when your brother would rather play his video games and doesn't know how to cook eggs without burning them, and your dad's a stoner who freaks out and orders GRUBHUB MCDONALDS whenever he sees a commercial, and your mother's boss uses Church as a way to make her feel guilty and not only open the store daily but close it daily as well and is never home for breakfast....i think you get where I'm going.
I alone eat about 2 eggs a day. One in a breakfast sandwich, one for lunch before work. But when you have 34 eggs and you're going to get 4 more tomorrow, that's a little hard to keep up with.
So! Since our hens CLEARLY never decided to slow down, what do you guys do when you have excessive amounts of eggs? OCCASIONALLY on the rare occasion when my mom is home, my dad's not stoned, and my brother's awake before 4 pm, we do a dozen-egg scramble with ham or spam, cheese, and shallots (because my dad thinks he's fancy pairing shallots with spam).
But I clearly can't eat a dozen-egg scramble alone.
Have I talked enough about eggs? I'm hungry. I'm gonna go make scrambled eggs and fry up a piece of Canadian bacon.
Also...I've heard of people feeding eggs back to their hens for added proteins, which I'm sure is not only nice on a cool morning to have a warm breakfast- but it's supposed to be good for them. How do I do this? Do I just do a plain scramble, toss it in a bowl, and set it out for them? If I were to do this, how often can I do this? I have 5 hens if it helps to have a number. (I would have to make two bowls, they peck at each other if there's more than 3 hens to a snack)
That we might only get one egg a day
That we might get none.
The 18 pack and 12 pack plus 4 eggs in the fridge right now says otherwise.
We had one single day where we found no eggs in the nesting box. One.
And then they've laid 4 eggs a day since. And eating 4 eggs a day isn't a challenge, but when your brother would rather play his video games and doesn't know how to cook eggs without burning them, and your dad's a stoner who freaks out and orders GRUBHUB MCDONALDS whenever he sees a commercial, and your mother's boss uses Church as a way to make her feel guilty and not only open the store daily but close it daily as well and is never home for breakfast....i think you get where I'm going.
I alone eat about 2 eggs a day. One in a breakfast sandwich, one for lunch before work. But when you have 34 eggs and you're going to get 4 more tomorrow, that's a little hard to keep up with.
So! Since our hens CLEARLY never decided to slow down, what do you guys do when you have excessive amounts of eggs? OCCASIONALLY on the rare occasion when my mom is home, my dad's not stoned, and my brother's awake before 4 pm, we do a dozen-egg scramble with ham or spam, cheese, and shallots (because my dad thinks he's fancy pairing shallots with spam).
But I clearly can't eat a dozen-egg scramble alone.
Have I talked enough about eggs? I'm hungry. I'm gonna go make scrambled eggs and fry up a piece of Canadian bacon.
Also...I've heard of people feeding eggs back to their hens for added proteins, which I'm sure is not only nice on a cool morning to have a warm breakfast- but it's supposed to be good for them. How do I do this? Do I just do a plain scramble, toss it in a bowl, and set it out for them? If I were to do this, how often can I do this? I have 5 hens if it helps to have a number. (I would have to make two bowls, they peck at each other if there's more than 3 hens to a snack)
