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Ok, it's probably not really "Art", I just want a chance to talk about my
chickens again. :-)
http://www.beantoad.com/chickens2/img_0255a.jpg
It's week 22 since she hatched, but I finally got a green egg.
Additionally, I got 2 brown eggs today, making it my best egg day ever.
They only started laying last week.
This is one of those things that I can't really explain "Why?" I'm doing it.
There's just something about raising and growing food that feels right, and
I'm really enjoying raising chickens now. I hope I never need to buy
another egg from the supermarket.
What? A green egg? Yep. I was hoping for blue, but green will do. It's
an "Easter Egger" chicken, derived from the Araucana breed of South America,
but also bred with other American breeds.
--
Jeremy M. Praay
www.beantoad.com
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Cool. Keeping chickens is something I intend to do, when I have a garden
of my own. They eat kitchen scraps and turn them into free eggs! It's a
no-brainer.
The difficult part (at least in the UK) is fox-proofing...
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nice render... ;)
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"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmail com> wrote in message
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> nice render... ;)
>
I've already started looking into that. Rendering a chicken would be
difficult, but an egg? Not a problem. :-)
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"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
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> Cool. Keeping chickens is something I intend to do, when I have a garden
> of my own. They eat kitchen scraps and turn them into free eggs! It's a
> no-brainer.
>
> The difficult part (at least in the UK) is fox-proofing...
They're in a coop right now, and unfortunately, that's where they'll spend
the next 3 months. Anyway, it's very fox proof. Mice could still get in,
and possibly rats too, but rats are only a problem with chicks. They spent
the fall and summer in a movable pen. I learned a few tricks to keep
predators out of that, after losing one chicken and having another one
scarred for life (which was only 4 more weeks until he got the axe).
The more I read about raising your own chickens/eggs is that just about
anything you produce yourself is going to be healthier than what you would
get at a store. That's not an answer to my "Why?" question, but it's nice
to know.
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Jeremy M. Praay wrote:
> Ok, it's probably not really "Art", I just want a chance to talk about my
> chickens again. :-)
> http://www.beantoad.com/chickens2/img_0255a.jpg
>
> It's week 22 since she hatched, but I finally got a green egg.
> Additionally, I got 2 brown eggs today, making it my best egg day ever.
> They only started laying last week.
>
> This is one of those things that I can't really explain "Why?" I'm doing it.
> There's just something about raising and growing food that feels right, and
> I'm really enjoying raising chickens now. I hope I never need to buy
> another egg from the supermarket.
>
> What? A green egg? Yep. I was hoping for blue, but green will do. It's
> an "Easter Egger" chicken, derived from the Araucana breed of South America,
> but also bred with other American breeds.
>
So, in your case, which came first?
The chicken or the egg?
Tom
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news: 475f2662$1@news.povray.org...
> Ok, it's probably not really "Art", I just want a chance to talk about my
> chickens again. :-)
> http://www.beantoad.com/chickens2/img_0255a.jpg
>
> This is one of those things that I can't really explain "Why?" I'm doing
> it.
Because it makes you feel independent and closer to self-sufficiency?
Because it is a slow process and it changes from the usual hurry?
Marc
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M_a_r_c wrote:
> Because it makes you feel independent and closer to self-sufficiency?
> Because it is a slow process and it changes from the usual hurry?
Because the chickens aren't pumped full of hormones and noxious chemicals.
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"Jeremy M. Praay" <jer### [at] questsoftwarecom> wrote in message
news:475f2662$1@news.povray.org...
> Ok, it's probably not really "Art", I just want a chance to talk about my
> chickens again. :-)
> http://www.beantoad.com/chickens2/img_0255a.jpg
>
> It's week 22 since she hatched, but I finally got a green egg.
> Additionally, I got 2 brown eggs today, making it my best egg day ever.
> They only started laying last week.
>
> This is one of those things that I can't really explain "Why?" I'm doing
> it. There's just something about raising and growing food that feels
> right, and I'm really enjoying raising chickens now. I hope I never need
> to buy another egg from the supermarket.
>
> What? A green egg? Yep. I was hoping for blue, but green will do. It's
> an "Easter Egger" chicken, derived from the Araucana breed of South
> America, but also bred with other American breeds.
>
> --
> Jeremy M. Praay
> www.beantoad.com
>
>
How do the eggs taste compared to "Organic, Free Range, No Pesticides"
advertised eggs? Compared to Non-Organic?
How does the chicken meat compare? Do you have them slaughtered or do you do
it yourself?
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"Tom Austin" <taustin> wrote in message news:475fe45b$1@news.povray.org...
>
> So, in your case, which came first?
> The chicken or the egg?
>
10 meat chickens came first. :-)
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