
Chickens are really beautiful and I don’t think I ever realized it before. Tanner and I are going to have fun learning about our new friends. They've already laid over a half dozen eggs! Sometimes I forget that eggs are not perfectly white ovals tucked neatly in cartons of six or twelve. They’re rose colored, green, and brown and perfect with their imperfections.
I’m really excited about learning how to live more peacefully with the land and less dependently on corporate retailers. Homegrown vegetables taste a hundred times better than the genetically modified, hormone infused, shipped from far-away-lands produce we have adopted into our lifestyles. Obviously, homegrown fruits and veggies offer a wealth of nutritional perks along with their great flavors. And chickens? Well. Don’t get me started on corporate farms. I think a home grown meal is far more satisfying knowing it is the result of the work of my own hands.
Left to Right: Lola, Lucy, Bella, and Ginger
Too bad you hate eggs. But they are the prettiest non easter eggs that I have ever seen.
ReplyDeleteYou're not planning on eating your chickens are you? I thought you got them for the eggs, which by the way, do look like colored Easter eggs. So pretty. I have seen brown eggs before, but never the pink and green (or is it blue)? Since you don't eat eggs, you'll have to ask Tanner if there's any difference in the taste, depending on the color.
ReplyDeleteMom - I know! I really, really want to start liking eggs... but I've had them twice in keish within the past three months and wasn't impressed. It took everything in me to not gag while I was eating them. I remember once liking hard boiled eggs, or the yolks anyway, so I may try them again.
ReplyDeleteGrandma: Tanner said the eggs taste better than grocery store eggs, but I don't think he noticed a difference between colors. Of course, he mixed them together, so it was probably difficult to tell.
And yes, we'll probably eat the chickens at some point. But they will have lead very happy, full lives.
Best of wishes in your journey, we just got some chicks ourselves and built our own hen house. We are over thrilled, nice to know others out there see things like we do still :)
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