It's been ages since I reported on hen activity here. I've been away for a week and left the girls in the safe hands of my friend David. In the week before I went away they started laying 4 a day with just Gingernut wondering what was going on up in the nesting boxes!
I read that it is possible to make some good "biscuits" that I had to make sure not to get mixed up with anything for human consumption as they contain mealworms:
I also bought a cabbage for £1 from Birmingham market that weighed 7lbs 5.5 oz, in fact it is still going strong now!
During my week away they performed well with 32 eggs including a superb monster weighing 72g - 50g is good enough for me!
Since my return I have sold a good few eggs to some neighbours and we have eaten as many as we can - check out the breakfast eggs from last week-end and there are more where they came from:
The colour differential relates to their varied diet as they are both Bluebelle doubles!
Now we are up to 5 a day (maximum) and have 105 laid in total.
The girls go out most days but once they have been out for a little while they just want to get back in to the run, play with the new bedding and eat their treats:
...and does anyone remember those Beswick salad bowls...
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