Yippeeeeee !

[mrsjimmyp]

Well....I had begun to think my girls (HENS) were never going to start laying ! Today I let them free range in the yard since I was home. One of my White Rocks was acting strange. LOL....I saw her just sitting on the porch clucking up a storm. Then a bit later she would sit a few minutes in other places in the yard then get up and run .Well....I noticed she settled in my flower bed by the porch so I sat in my rocker and watched....after a few minutes she popped up a making a noise ran off. I walked over and found a beautiful brown egg ! The first one from my girls ! No more store bought eggs !

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

Francie I can't believe you call your hens "the Girls" we call ours the same thing!!! My Eddie started it and now the whole family has followed suit! I know the feeling of elation you are feeling getting your fresh egg! I love having fresh eggs, and they are so rich and tasty. I make all my own homemade mayonnaise now, what a savings!!! I always use a fresh laid egg (still warm) to make it. And oh my goodness is it delicious and good, I only use canola oil and so I know it is better for us than the store-bought stuff that's made with regular vegetable oil. I even got my neighbors making theirs homemade too, even supplying them with fresh eggs to do so!

MamaM posted a great recipe here for homemade mayo if you need one. If you do a search and type in"homemade mayonaise" (I spelled mayonnaise wrong in the request so use one M when you type it in, and you'll find her recipe) it is a perfect recipe.


Hope your hubby is feeling OK? And you too!

[mrsjimmyp]

lol....great minds think alike ! I love homemade mayo. Have not made it in a while though.

Jimmy is doing good...got his stitches out . I'm having major trouble with my elbow though.Dr did MRI Friday and it showed fluid building up in the joint so off to Dr again tomorrow to get it drained out.

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

Ouch! I am sorry to hear the elbow is acting up! I hope all goes well with the Doc & procedure.

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

Well how many eggs are you up to now?

[mrsjimmyp]

Seven eggs this week Cathy....I now have two Hens laying. Both refuse to lay in the nesting boxes though...lol..they fly out of the pen ,lay their eggs and then want back in the pen ! Crazy Hens ! We are going to have to get a top on that pen.Seven foot tall pen but my girls are good flyers ! lol.