You may have noticed in the last few weeks that the egg compartment looks a little more spacious than usual. Our egg numbers have been slowly dwindling and we are now down to about half the usual yield. It is typical for numbers to bounce around a bit, with some dips and rises. … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Dwindling Egg Numbers
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Full and By Farm: Sloggin’ Through Snow Drifts
Another cold and snowy week—a week sloggin' through snow drifts, feeding out hay and keeping water running. We've been really fortunate this year, with such bitterly cold temperatures, to have no water problems (knock on wood) yet. The animals have been great, the fully insulated … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Sloggin’ Through Snow Drifts
Essex Farm: Consider the Egg
Check out this week’s Essex Farm news from the recent update at Kristin Kimball‘s blog: "Consider the egg. All magic, it is. Forged from grass, worms, insects and grain in the mysterious depths of the hen, it appears like a gem in the nest box each day, cased in a flawless … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Consider the Egg