The girls worked very hard indeed last month as we had a new record in both egg production and egg sales. A total of 144 eggs were laid in the month of July by five hens. That's an average of nearly 29 each. As we have 5 different hybrids, we enjoy very varied egg colours which range between dark brown and white with a couple of shades of cream in between. However, Esmerelda lays the smallest palest blue eggs!
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| Left to right: Tosca, Esmerelda, Wilhelmina, Beatrice & Marigold. |
Eggs sales totalled a record £20.00. With the money raised from sales we buy their layers mash and pellets as well as their mixed corn. They enjoy a very varied diet of fruit, green vegetables and once a week, at this time of year, they have a box of grass clippings to scratch around in. Every so often, they are allowed out of their own bamboo 'Henclosure' for a general slug patrol around the garden. For reasons of safety, they have to live behind fox-proof fencing.
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