October 7th

We now have 5 hens producing for us. I think it will be awhile before we see anymore start. The last batch of hens was purchased about a month after this group, so it will likely be about that long before get more hens to start laying. That is a good thing, haven't been able to sell many eggs yet anyhow, only sold a couple of dozen to my Mother-in-Law. Huh, and she thinks 2.25 is to much to pay for eggs, try telling her that is a fair price for free range eggs, since they are not from the store she thinks they should be cheaper. She doesn't understand why they cost more than the factory eggs in the grocery store. She grew up on a farm with hundreds of free range eggs so this is not new to her just going back to the good old days and eggs didn't cost that much then. Shirley is of the generation that grew up during WWII and very much remembers rationing. When she was a little girl every home, or at least most, even the ones in town had at least one hen for egg production. A good many even had a milking cow. Back then foods were eaten in season and appreciated for that. No salmonella then, on any foods not even the salad.
The way we new age farm producers grow our product now is really not new at all. Just going back to the days when science was not as smart as the generations of knowledge that taught the farmers and home growers how to compost, reuse, and stretch the dollar.