Kitchen Garden Forum

You may remember me asking about some Burford Brown pullets a while ago, well in the end I settled for 6 point of lay Black Rocks.Had them just 3 weeks now and picked the first egg up yesterday. As it would be difficult to frame it, I guess I'll just have to eat it.

Regards to all

Morning Beeman2, i remember that first egg from years ago, what a lovely feeling.
May you get many more.

Kind regards Old Herbaceous.

Theres no fool like an old fool.

Well done that hen

The others won't be far behind now.

I'm on a roll now,I picked second egg up yesterday,soon have enough for an omelette at this rate.

Not to be left out my Bee's have had a fantastic year.I'm busy extracting Honey at the moment,and it will be my best year ever thanks to the long hot summer. I will be feeding them in the next week or so, and getting them tucked up ready for winter.

regards to all

I remember when I first had chickens (8 of them) and all at point of lay. Nothing happened for a couple of weeks and my boyfriend decided to play a trick on me and plant an egg for me to find. I knew it wasn't one from the girls, unless they have a new breed of chicken with a sell by date stamp up it's bum. However, they got so eggcited at seeing an egg that four of them laid the following day. I was so suprised that I checked them for sell by dates as I thought I was being conned again. It was magic and even 13 years on I still love finding freshly laid eggs.

Dear Chantal, i think it must be the hunter gatherer coming out in you.

Kind regards Old Herbaceous.

Theres no fool like an old fool.

I can do the hunting so long as I don't have to kill anything. I'm VERY good at gathering.