About This Blog
My Edible Yard was created in an effort to spur myself on while publicly journaling my trials, errors, and successes in the creation of our urban homestead. The key word here is publicly as I am famous for zealously starting projects and then abandoning them. In making my
south Florida urban homesteading experience public, I hope to force myself to continue on with the project and actually create a more sustainable life for my husband and me. So please send kind words of encouragement, gardening and cooking tips to keep me going. They are all much appreciated.
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6 comments:
im glad I found your blog...I am doing something very similar up here in PA with the gardens, fruit trees, chickens, etc. keep up the good work!
Thanks, Bernie. One of my babies just laid her first egg today. Picture coming soon! It's always so exciting to me.
Love it. They are so pretty! I am going to investigate getting some soon.
Bobbi,
When you decide on how many you're getting, also think about getting them in installments. What I mean is, because they tend to molt at about 18 months of age and some either stop laying or slow down on the laying when they are molting, it's better to have hens of different ages. My older 4 are molting right now. The 2 Australorps don't seem to be too disturbed by it (5-6 eggs a week). One Buff Orpington has just slowed down a bit(3-4 eggs a week), and another Buff Orpington has stopped laying all together and she hasn't laid an egg in over a month. The babies (the ones in the pictures) were born in May and are just now starting to lay (first egg today - a post will run tomorrow about it).
Ara
What beautiful ladies. Isn't it exciting when they first start to lay. We are doing the same as you - gradually increasing our flock so they are at different stages.
Missy,
I often wonder if I get more excited than the girls when they lay their first egg. I can tell you that Lilith was quite proud, though. That cute little chest puffed right up when I aaahed and ooohed over her egg.
Ara
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