We are squarely back into farm fresh egg season and couldn’t be happier!! Honestly we have gotten out of the egg eating habit over the winter when we only had store bought eggs available to us (yes, we could provide artificial light over the winter to trick our hens’ bodies into continual egg laying, but we prefer letting God’s rhythm’s work for He is Wise!).
I had gotten out of the habit of checking the nesting box, too. Why would I if they aren’t laying. One of the girls wanted to check the nesting box, so we did. And to our surprise there were 10 eggs in there! We had no idea how long they have been in there, and while freshly laid eggs have a long shelf live, we decided to forgo this firstly discovered batch.
Now we are getting approximately three eggs a day from our four hens! What a lovely surprise. Can you say “Spring Veggie Frittata and Spinach Quiche”? Bring on the Spring!
Luke 11:12
“Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?
Indeed, He will not!
I saw your YouTube video on assembling your ecoflex chicken coop and was curious if you still used it for your flock. My husband and I are contemplating beginning our own backyard chicken coop project, and I’m very interested in the ecoflex. I was wondering what your experience with it has been, and if you’d kindly offer any advice. Thanks!
Thanks for your interest and inquiry!! Yes, we are still using this coop and I generally still like it. One issue that I think may have been changed since I purchased mine are the perches. The ones I have are free standing, and have broken. I think I highlighted that in the video. Over the winter, one of the two perches I have has broken again and my ladies seem to like to knock it over, so I have to reach inside and stand it back up again. I could be wrong, but I looked inside a unit at our farm and feed store where I purchased mine, and the perches in that unit fit into brackets mounted to the walls on the sides instead of being free standing. This way you can still remove the perches when you clean the coop, but probably don’t experience the issues I’ve had with the perches. On a separate note, sometimes it had been handy for me to have the attached pen, however if I were to purchase again I might skip that expense as our pen area that I finished later is what I really needed to do. I can’t tell you how much we’ve enjoyed having our chickens, and they are not terribly difficult to take care of, so I encourage you in your pursuits and hope you have the best of success with it !! -Rob