The Girls are Back in Business

The warmer weather has brought more along with it than sunshine to the Thomas house. Two of our hens have decided to start laying again. We have had three eggs in the past three days. For us this is such a joy because when the hens don't lay, we generally don't have eggs. The good eggs are just too expensive to buy in the store and the cheap eggs don't taste as good and aren't as good for you. I hope the rest of the hens will begin laying soon because everyone keeps asking for eggs and I hate having to tell them that we don't have any.  I am looking forward to getting some chicks closer to the spring and then maybe some already producing layers soon too. The more eggs the better! I have been working on the new chicken tractor and I hope the good weather continues through the weekend so it can be finished. All the hens and the rooster included should love their new home.

This picture just shows the basic design of the chicken tractor. I have done much more work on it since this was taken which means I will just have to post another picture later. Having two chicken tractors along with the stationary coop will be a challenge since we plan on having chickens in all three but I think I am up to it. Eventually I would like to have a larger variety of animals. Right now all the "farm" animals we have are a horse, a donkey, a duck, and of course the chickens. I'm thinking a  sheep or cow would be a nice addition to the family. This means I will have to get to working on some fences, oh the joy... but in the end though, I think it will all be worth it. I will have my own country paradise :)

 Well I finished it last night so as promised, here is a picture. I'm so excited to introduce the chickens to their new home :)