Sad and Happy News
So, the sad news we came home to last week was that one of our chickens didn’t make it through the summer. Unfortunately, the coop they boarded in while we were gone didn’t have a roof, and we hadn’t clipped our chickens’ wings. One of them flew the coop, and was never seen again. RIP Sammy.
The happier news is that the other three are all in good health, and began to lay eggs! The family presented us with our chickens’ very first egg (carefully blown and preserved) and my daughter has placed it in a handmade felted “nest” on our mantlepiece. Each chicken is currently laying an egg per day, usually between 8 am and noon. My daughter loves to hunt for them in their pen and brings them in daily. We are all very impressed with our chickens.
In other good news, we’re feasting almost daily one salads from our garden, peas galore, and I’m waiting for one strange squash to ripen enough to pick. (If only I knew what it was, and when to pick it!)
In very exciting news, my brussels sprounts plants have survived, and I believe I’ll actually get to eat brussels sprouts later this fall. I had no idea I could grow them, and just planted them on a total whim. If they work, next year I’m planting a whole row of them!
I won’t lie – I miss our lost chicken – but we’re all putting a brave face on for each other and loving the birds we still have. I hope everyone else’s harvests are coming along swimmingly. Drop me a line to let me know what you’re plucking from your garden.