Here are the eggs I collected yesterday. I can't believe so many of my girls are still laying. I cleaned out the hen house on saturday and gave everyone lots of new straw. It seems to have sent them on a laying frenzy. Most days I get about 3-4 eggs. In the spring that will change to about 30 a day with everyone laying about an egg a day.
What is so cute about this picture is the difference in the sizes. Some of the new hens just started laying--they are just about 9 months old. Their eggs are so small. Look at the two blue eggs on the top left. The larger one is from a 2 year old and the little is from an 8 month old--both of the breed Araucana.
4 comments:
i have to agree with you...funghi are amazing...
i could definately get into funghi research...
i love your egg picture! what do you do when you can't eat all the eggs... do you sell them at a farmers market?
i am so jealous of your mushrooms! i have a shiitake mushroom log but i have neglected it and it only made a few mushrooms before apparently giving up the ghost. now it's just a regular old log. do you have any tips for mushroom habitat improvement?
yes, i sell eggs to friends and colleagues and such. is that the euro spelling for fungi?? that is so hot!
i have no advice on mushrooms, ms. pea. i am an embryo mushroomer myself. i may have just been lucky this time. we have a really cool mushroom culture book, though. and there is an excellent picture of this woman with her mushroom log. i want to be her. i'll get the name of the book tonight.
nice placemats!
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