FACT: you can get a chicken to do just about anything if you have the right treats in your hand...
We WERE up to 5 eggs a day from our 6 chickens, but one of the Goldens decided to go broody almost 3 weeks ago... there are some tricks you can do to try and get them back in business, but they seem a bit harsh and frankly, with the 4 eggs we get now, that's plenty. We've already given away 3-4 dozen so it isn't like we're hurting...
When I'm letting the girls out if I remember I also pick up Broody girl out of the nesting box and set her on the ground.... sometimes I give her a gentle tap on the butt to get up and move around... this should all be over by the end of the week me thinks, otherwise I might consider harsher measures or stew pot.... Thanksgiving Chicken??
With me blathering on about chickens I apparently talked our friends Tom and Teri to take the plunge... they have a neighbor that had a large (accidental) hatch of 18 Japanese Bantams and now they have 4 of them... they are doing more of a hands off approach to raising them (i.e. not endlessly spoiling them like we do) so curious to see how this goes...
Playing around with one of the pics of the girls....
Other stuff... Nic volunteered with the Eugene International Film Festival... the brew club had the AHA Learn To Brew Day thing at Oakshire again this year... I skipped brewing and just went to hang out for a bit...
The Brew Club had our annual Chili Cookoff, which of course means I had my annual failure of winning the chili cookoff... I did make a really good turkey chili that I thought was my best batch I ever entered, but alas, once again I didn't even make the top 3...
