I wonder if the age-old question, (what came first, the chicken or the egg), has ever been answered?
It's a real head-scratcher.
Whenever the grandchildren visit, one thing they always want to do is walk up the dirt road and go see all of the farm animals at @farm-mom's cousin's place.
We call her the egg lady for a good reason, she keeps us stocked with farm-fresh eggs at all times.
For anyone who has never had a fresh egg, you really don't know what you're missing.
The egg lady raises between 18 and 24 chickens every year. She keeps them in a pen because of some unwelcomed guests like to stop by now and then. Last year she lost 7 of her chickens in a single night.
The chickens were not misplaced or missing, they had died a gruesome death one night when a fox dug under the #fencing and decided to thin out the flock.
Only one of the chickens that had killed was eaten, the other chickens seemed to have been slain by the fox, just for fun.
Keeping predators out of the fenced-in chicken coupe is a constant battle.
At least when the grandkids raid the chicken coupe, they only take the eggs.
The cool thing about farm-fresh eggs is that they are not all the same size or just one color, they come in many colors, check out the basket.
Despite the fact that an 8-foot tall fence surrounds the area where the chickens can be chickens, and not stuffed in a cage with thousands of other birds, occasionally one will fly the coupe. The white chicken at the back of this picture seems to be on the wrong side of the fence.
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Honestly I've never had farm fresh eggs. Loved reading your story.
I didn't know that foxes kill for fun either.
Hope egg lady doesn't have to lose more of her chickens.
Great pictures too :)
There's a palpable difference between the two.
The egg lad just purchased another to offset her loss from last year. Such is living in the woods.
Thanks for stoping by!
We used to have an 'egg lady' deliver fresh eggs to the house once a week when I was a kid. I wish I had someone to deliver fresh eggs to my door these days!
I love flocks of mixed chicken breeds. Hers looks great. It is hard to keep a determined fox out.
Those white Leghorns have such a light body they can fly pretty well....
There're a few that can fly over the 8 foot high fence, I'm not sure which ones they are, but the ones you mention are probably the chickens flying into the danger zone,
The Leghorns would be the white ones with slightly built bodies.
Oh yes, fresh eggs. This is something that I really miss.
The chickens are easy prey unfortunately.
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Mya looks like she knows they just raided the henhouse, so cute. Can't wait to see them this weekend, I think I'll bring down some eggs for a farm-like breakfast 🥣.
Well, you had better get several dozen more if your plans are to feed the masses.
We had like 7 dogs on the farm and no fox would volunteer to visit the hen houses.
One particular dog a mix breed would even dive into the river and try to catch otters.
A lovely entry here my friend.
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Good morning, That's a lot of dogs and a lot of cleaning up after them, I'm sure.
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There was a guy and a helper that was in charge of the dogs and the dogs main task was to keep the leopards and jackals at bay. There was a lot of sheep on the farm and I think you know what a leopard can do to a sheep.
We left the farm when I was still a child and over time, the farm was divided into 300 little plots for homesteaders. So yes, all history now.
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Hey there! I totally missed on your post, sorry I wasn't too much around lately, I hope you guys are doing well, @farm-mom's cousin have beautiful chicken!
Much love!