TIME TO MEET SOFIA AND ROCKIE

Sofia is the white hen, you see her on the front page of the blog. Rockie is our only rooster if you forget about the chicklets.They have lots of green stuff to eat, which makes their egg yolks really bright yellow

RANGE EGGS

Production for the month of June was 177 eggs which means they cost us 4.06 a dozen. We sold some for 3.50 a dozen. It definitely not a money maker, wait until you see the cost per dozen this winter. Feed has doubled in cost since we started raising chickens a year ago. BUT we didn't do it to make money, we did it because we wanted the superior eggs.

We have 10 chickens and one rooster. 6 Hens are a little over a year old and 4 hens are about 2 I would guess. We had two other hens but they died last winter (not sure why, maybe they were just old).

I am not counting Henrietta and her chicklets.

The chickens run free all day and are locked up at night to keep them safe.