Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label composting

Uses for Eggshells

I don't think I mentioned it before, but I'm a chick mama. Although they can be a little bossy at times, they are the sweetest, and they are spoiled! At the moment we have 4 older hens: Snowflake , a white Easter Egger; named because she's white as a snowflake. Isabel , a Rhode Island Red; my son named her after his sister. LOL. Runner , a Ameraucana  Welsummer pullet  is known for her swiftness. Cluckers , also an Easter Egger is the clucker of the bunch, as you may have guessed. lol She's had a bit of a tramatic life which I'll have to share about one day. and  Baby , a Rhode Island Red, is our newest little chick that we just bought this past March.  Here's some eggs we collected the other day, can you guess who makes which color? We live within the city limits where chickens aren't really allowed, but we have enough space, and the neighbors don't seem to mind. The kids (mine, and the ones I take care of) have loved taking care of the gir...