Jan 20th: It's about time to introduce you to our chickens. Bobby (Edward's) is the brown one on the left, Fizzy (Jonathan's) is in the middle and Jessie (Peter's) is on the right. They are laying hens and live in our back garden but as we are inside the town boundary they have to have a cover over them. Despite this they have made frequent bids for freedom when we have opened doors to feed them, collect eggs, etc. Having three fresh eggs every day sounds superb. And it is, but if you don't use them one day then suddenly the next day you have six to deal with! And when we go away for a weekend we have 9 waiting for us and another 3 due the next morning. I have a good repertoire of recipes using lots of eggs - quiche, chocolate cakes, ice-cream, chocolate mousse to name but a few. And of course the boys have boiled eggs at lunchtime quite often. The chickens are fun. Bobby is friendly but the other two are, quite honestly, mad.
More schooling this morning then did our 'messages' in town - library, supermarket, post shop and bank. After a grey and cool morning the sun has finally come out in time for tea.
We know exactly how you feel about eggs---we had 4 chickens as a christmas present, however due to it being our winter we are only getting an average of 2 eggs a day. Still thats enough. Sara
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