The hens refuse to lay any eggs. I am getting frustrated!
They should start laying any moment, and I feel like I've been waiting forever. Every time I have to go buy eggs it is a painful reminder of my insufficiencies as a chicken owner. LAY! NOW!
So I'm on strike, too. I refuse to glorify chicken ownership via the blog, any further, until...
a) one of the chickens lays an egg
b) one of them does something extremely funny
c) one of them gets eaten by a bald eagle
or
d) we leave the country, trusting chicken keeping to our friends while we are away.
Let us see what happens first. Stay tuned!
P.S. Urban Fowl Subcommittee update will be posted on Friday. Exceptions for local politics must be made.
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The life and times of seven chickens in East Missoula, Montana.
Chickens in the News
- Ordinance passes committee, heads to vote
- Article on council sending ordinance back to committee
- My question at the bottom of the food column
- Chickens in Manhattan?
- Article on local aquaintance's chicken endevours
- Article on the formation of a Missoula city chicken council
- Article on Madison WI city chicken movement
- Opinion piece on how Missoula needs unrealistic chicken communes
- Article on the City of Missoula confiscating a nice young couple's chickens
About Me
- MissoulaChick
- I write on a few blogs about life, chickens, my family, and other stuff.
The Frequently "Clucked" Questions Area
Q: What made you two decide to get chickens?
A: A few of our friends and coworkers have small chicken flocks, and we thought it was a great idea. After visiting a coworker's house who has a nice little henhouse and run in downtown Bozeman, MT my mind was set. Matt agreed to it shortly afterwards.
Q: Are you getting a rooster?
A: No. Roosters are loud, don't lay eggs, and are frequently very defensive (borderline violent).
Q: How many eggs are we talking about here?
A: It depends on a lot of things, but with 6 hens it is reasonable to guess we'll get about 4 or 5 eggs a day. That might slow down a lot in winter or when the hens are moulting their feathers. Some days we might get 6- but that will probably be rare.
Q: Are you going to sell these eggs, or start taking cholesterol medications?
A: Neither! We intend to eat a healthy amount of them and give the rest away to friends or the local food bank.
Q: Are you naming them?
A: Yes. They are named Mrs. Tweedy, Pot Pie, Rosie, Zippy, Beldar, Biggie Rockette and Littles Rockette. Pria (our rooster) now lives with another family where he is more welcome to crow and generally do rooster things.
A: A few of our friends and coworkers have small chicken flocks, and we thought it was a great idea. After visiting a coworker's house who has a nice little henhouse and run in downtown Bozeman, MT my mind was set. Matt agreed to it shortly afterwards.
Q: Are you getting a rooster?
A: No. Roosters are loud, don't lay eggs, and are frequently very defensive (borderline violent).
Q: How many eggs are we talking about here?
A: It depends on a lot of things, but with 6 hens it is reasonable to guess we'll get about 4 or 5 eggs a day. That might slow down a lot in winter or when the hens are moulting their feathers. Some days we might get 6- but that will probably be rare.
Q: Are you going to sell these eggs, or start taking cholesterol medications?
A: Neither! We intend to eat a healthy amount of them and give the rest away to friends or the local food bank.
Q: Are you naming them?
A: Yes. They are named Mrs. Tweedy, Pot Pie, Rosie, Zippy, Beldar, Biggie Rockette and Littles Rockette. Pria (our rooster) now lives with another family where he is more welcome to crow and generally do rooster things.
1 comment:
Your chickens and your sister have something in common, it seems, since your niece was a full week late, and even then not by her own volition.
Cut those hens a little slack.
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