12/28/2007:  We were away from the homestead for a 4 days over Christmas.  When we got home, we found 3 DOZEN EGGS!!  Our little hens have been busy!

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12/13/2007:  We are up to about 5 eggs a day!  Enough that we hardly have to purchase them from the store anymore.

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12/10/2007: We woke up this morning to find a colt in our field! We board horses for a neighbor. He must have dropped it off last night.
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12/8/2007: It was 7 degrees when we woke up this morning. It will be an indoor day… making gingerbread houses, board games, hot cocoa, reading, writing and knitting. Brrrr.
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12/7/2007: We had a very warm afternoon - up to about 40. All the snow is gone. The kids went out to play for about half an hour. Wanderlust came back in, announcing “I think it is time for piglets!” We have been taking baby steps with the homestead - small animals first like chickens and rabbits. But Wanderlust is growing impatient. oink. oink.
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12/6/2007: We got another double yolked egg today!
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12/4/2007: We got 3 eggs today! For the last week, it has steadily been one a day, so our little hens are picking up production!
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12/2/2007: We had enough eggs this morning from the chickens for our first “farm egg” breakfast. 2 of the eggs had double yolks!
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12/1/2007: The compost pile was re-located today. It is now closer to the chicken coop - making the mucking easier.
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