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Suburb: Raumati Beach

Food Growing Skill Level: Moderate

I am interested in...: Swapping Food, Community Gardens, Learning, Preserving, Seed Savers, Eating Local Food

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Lovely Chooks!!!!!!

My kids are so excited (so am I), one of our chooks has laid her first two eggs!!!!!!!!

We have different breeds who lay different coloured eggs so we know who laid them.

Zebra is our girl who did the honours, a lovely bantam barred rock.

Not bad considering it is the middle of winter and we have been having wicked frosts.

My boys will be having a fried egg sandwich each tonight.

I have been chock proofing my vege gardens as the girls have been eating all my… Continue

Posted on June 21, 2009 at 5:46pm — 1 Comment

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At 8:14pm on July 11, 2009, Jamie said…: Hi MIchelle,
I am up to egg #3 from 1 of the caged hens - don't know who yet! Now anxious that 1 of the bantams is actually a rooster!! Not sure when that will become totally clear. Just going by behaviour. Meanwhile the hens are really delighting in discovering their potential as hens! Suga delights in exploring " gardening"with me! And I delight in her company.

At 8:02pm on June 30, 2009, Jamie said…: Great to connect. My 2 former caged hens are already beginning to show signs of loving their new life. They are learning how to scratch, and enjoy exploring the garden and today it was the pleasure of dust baths.! Such fun. I haven't had chooks since I had bantams as a child.
Cheers

At 7:39pm on June 30, 2009, Jamie said…: Hi Michelle, I live in Otaki and also got 2 bantams from Te Horo 3 weeks ago.
Am hanging out for the first egg! Was inspired to read you are getting eggs. Think mine are too young yest.
my Simone certainly looks related to your dark one!