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November 18, 2009

Just call us "Farmers Meg and Zach"

Update - Both chickens are now laying, so we're getting an egg a day.  

Today we finally had success.  One of our chickens laid an egg.  You're probably saying, of course, chickens lay eggs, its no big surprise.  But, this endeavor has been challenging with two chicks falling victim to Honey, the chick that became a rooster and was later attacked and butchered and finally the cold and relocation of the chickens into a portable coop in the heated garage.  

Below are pictures of the lovely ladies.  It was the buff that laid the egg.  (Our chickens are not named as they'll likely end up on our dinner plate one day)  Also there are some pictures of the egg.  We put it in the egg carton and found it interesting how much smaller it was compared to the organic free range commercial eggs we buy.  I called my friend Karen who is also raising chickens and assured her that "yes, although we were doubtful, eggs really do come from chickens."

           
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October 24, 2009

Rooster Update

Another Update:  RIP Rooster.  Zach did the dirty work of butchering the rooster on Sunday.  Although alive, he just wasn't doing very well.  So, now we're down to the two ladies, which will hopefully, some day, start to lay some eggs.

The rooster is still kickin' following his traumatic encounter with Honey.  He's eating and drinking, but not walking.  That leads to two problems: one he poops all over himself and two he's becoming like jabba the hut.

Well, that's all for now.  We're off to start the First Annual Zaletel Pumpkin Beer Tasting Tour and with 5 bars to get to, we'd better not waste any time.  Updates on the beer tour later.

   
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June 23, 2009

Getting Sentimental, sort of

As Zach and I prepare to host all of you wonderful people and of course, most importantly, get married, I find myself thinking about the larger issues from time to time, like the value of family.  Well, today those thoughts were underscored by an email that Zach forwarded me from his uncle Chris in Montreal.  The pertinent part of the email is as follows:

I think Tender and Juicy are very good names for the chickens.  However, not all chickens are tender and juicy; some are tough and taste bad.  Believe me, I know!   When I was a kid, we ended up with a chicken.  Dad fed it dog food.  It flourished.  It crowed very very very early in the morning to the distress of the neighbors.  Dad killed it - and they served it with two other chickens for Sunday dinner.  It didn’t work.  We knew which one was Dirty Bird (we were inventive little buggers) because it tasted like dog food.  Moral of story - don’t feed pet chickens to your kids especially if you’ve been feeding the chickens dog food.

So there.

Chris

Now, who else but family can relay stories like that, stories with sage advice like don’t feed the chickens dog food.  Only time and life experience can garner that kind of wisdom.

So, I leave you with pictures of our happy chickens, which to date, would taste like rolled oats and corn.

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