I’m going to chat about chicken shenanigans today because I have nothing good to say about the house buying process right now. 30 days to pull paper work together is stupid. 45 days is just being lazy and pathetic. We may not close until September 6th now and that’s all I’ve got to say about that.

We’re up to 2 laying hens now! I hope we never stop being this excited to collect eggs!

Since the girls have moved to East Texas, we’ve had them in what we called “the dollhouse” coop set up on Mom’s back porch. The dollhouse is of course a Pinterest inspired repurpose of Archer’s old LittleTykes playhouse! They are in there overnight between 8pm and 7am. Then they are released to “the tractor”! I have no idea why it’s called this, but that is what Pinterest calls them and, of course, is where I got the idea. Because it’s pvc construction, it’s fairly easy to drag around the yard giving them variety and keeping Mom’s yard intact. Between the two enclosures, we’ve had good luck keeping them safe from predators out here and with a little trial and error have a good system for the interim.

What’s been fun in the last 2 weeks is accommodating the demands of a laying hen. They can be a little on the diva side! When Sasquatch started laying, we would just find eggs on the ground in the tractor. Legit yard egg, right!? When Pearl decided to get in on the action, we soon figured out how particular hens can be about their nest box! NOW we look for her start her neurotic pacing in the tractor late in the morning. Everyone gets let out to free range while she marches her fluffy butt to the coop bawking all the way. She gets settled in, gets quiet and about 5 minutes later emerges bawking a little more. Sure enough, there’s a warm little egg in there! 

She doesn’t even mind a little paparazzi while she’s doing her thing 😄 Sasquatch, in the meantime, is still content to just drop hers whenever and wherever she gets the notion. I certainly hope when the other 2 join the laying ranks, they are laid back like her. One diva chicken is enough!

All in all, it has been a pain in the butt moving these chickens.😜I’m glad we pushed through and that Mom has been so accommating with these yahoos all over her yard. They’re surviving and so are we. I’m glad we didn’t start over at the new house and have to put ANOTHER 6 months in before getting eggs. I REALLY like not buying eggs at $7/dozen anymore! And speaking of store bought eggs, check this out…

Which one is not like the others? We had one store bought egg left and when I cracked it in with our farm eggs one morning, I  was blown away! In case yall are wondering, dark yellow is loaded with way more of the good stuff. 👍🏻

Well, it’s been lovely talking chickens instead of thinking about the amazing house that we are so close to getting  while at the mercy of a dawdling corporation. 😒 Next post will be me telling y’all that they pulled they’re heads out and got us in BEFORE Labor Day weekend.

-Lindsay