10 Days and 10 Chickens

 

 

 

Ten days ago we began a brand new family adventure. We bought ten pastured, organically fed laying hens!!

 

 

Loving her new home.

 

 

 

LUNCH!

 

 



I really like this girl :)

 

 

So it's not painted yet but I plan on getting around to that this fall.
It' going to be totally awesome!

 

 

The kids are in love with these girls! They go out three or four times a day looking for eggs, bringing them treats, and making sure each chicken is accounted for. What a character building experience for them this will be. We've had dogs, cats, and guinea pigs in the past but never anything that actually provided food for our family. The care the girls have put into these chickens really makes them feel like they're helping provide for the family, and they are!

 

"Can't a girl get a little privacy around here"

 

 

 

Our first 6 eggs! Aren't they beauties?!

 

 

 

We had been buying organic pastured eggs from some of our local friends & farmers with prices ranging from $3.50 to $5.00 a dozen for the last two years. I know that sounds high for a dozen eggs but they are one of the key nutritional ingredients in our real food diet. While we estimate the chickens will cost roughly $40 a month in feed, I believe that it's totally worth it for fresh organic food for our family and joy of knowing our hands provided it (ok the chickens helped too).

 

 

 

 

We're on the road to becoming self sufficient one step at a time and making better choices for our family every day.