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| lovely, mustached Ameraucana, a blue egg layer |
This post should probably be called 'Ode to Chickens'. I never liked eggs as much as I do now that I know some lovely hens that produce eggs daily. The eggs are beautiful: brown, speckled and blue, the yokes are huge and deep orange. Delicious. And the chickens make me happy. I could watch them for hours: little fluffy clowns. They also come running up to me whenever I approach the coop. This is a result of feeding them snacks such as persimmon ends, kale and cherry tomatoes...but I'd like to think it's because they love me (which I'm sure they do). Backyard chickens are so 'in' right now -- urban chickening is all the rage. Rightly so! They are so easy to care for, quickly make their way into our hearts, and are a productive member of the family -- laying eggs, consuming yard and food scraps, turning and fertilizing our garden beds. Don't have chickens of your own to watch? Watch the interesting array of chickens they have at the LifeLab garden in Santa Cruz via their live
chicken cam.
Anyway -- on to eggs!
