We had a 6 egg day yesterday! That is pretty exciting considering we have 12 chickens.

The first 6 were gotten in summer and starting to lay before snow fell. The second 6 were gotten a month or more later due to a local feed store mix up and a little paper “Coupon” with a chicken sketch my mother brought home to my daughter when she brought home the first 6 chickens from North 40. She told my daughter it was good for any one chick she wanted any breed etc. My 5 year old had been obsessed with chickens since age two when she met my late Grandfather’s tiny egg layer flock. So she had been watching chicken videos and I read her magazines and kids books with chickens and…naturally? She had picked out Standard Cochins as the breed she wanted and it took forever and an amount of failure and mishap to get her her Silver Laced Cochin chick. Along with the 4 Welsummers, and single (supposed to be a Salmon but is actually a potentially iffy marked Mahoghany) Salmon Faverolle chick that made up our second 6 chickens. I think it is safe to say we are both thrilled to see those eggs appearing!

Sammy the Faverolle, and June the very dark Welsummer-her black is actually iridescent green toned-so pretty!

There is something so very satisfying about getting eggs from your own flock. Buying from a local with a laying flock in definitely cheaper then having your own chickens.  Once you factor in the coop, food, bedding etc. But the satisfaction level cannot be beat!