Eight Years of Laying

Heinrich does it again! Year 8 of laying eggs started yesterday! Feels good to have a small food source in these uncertain times. Go wash your hands and wipe off the door handles. Till soon. School is out until at least April 13, so I'll be checking in more regularly. 

Stay healthy, positive, patient, and kind. Sending you all love.

Eggs, 7.0

It's early March and right on cue: Ta - DA! Heinrich has laid the first egg for the SEVENTH year in a row! We'll see how productive the chickens will be at this advanced age, but for now I am so excited to eat fresh omelets and sandwiches.

Yum!

Athena with Egg #1

There was snow and ice this week, but Spring is right around the corner! The proof is that Athena laid EGG #1 of the season yesterday, a stunning first for this reluctant layer hen. Our other chicken, Heinrich, is still molting, which she started in January this year: oddly late.

Anyway, my iPhone died a pitiful death on Wednesday, and my replacement iPhone is not completely decked out with all of my apps yet, so I'll post the picture of the egg some other day. Just wanted to document the first egg of the season, as I do every year.

Happy Day to All!

Champion Chicken!

Commence egg-laying, year FIVE! 

We're not sure which chicken laid the egg. The size points toward Heinrich (posing here), but the color is all Athena. Time will tell, but let's celebrate with a fresh egg sammy for now!

Spring-ing

Spring is here a month early. According to my photo records from last year, daffodils weren't blooming until April 19.

Gooseberries throwing out new leaves.

It wouldn't be Spring without fresh eggs. Both Heinrich and Athena started laying eggs again about 10 days ago.

I'm also knitting a hat and a shawl, because you know, you might need one with all this warm weather we're having!

Happy Spring!

Spring Chicken

While the age of our chickens may not be the youngest any more, they seem to be harbingers of Spring. 

Heinrich laid her first egg today. Bright weather and warmth must be close behind! Cluck, cluck!!

Omelet

"Finally..." should be the name of this delightful knit. It took me a long time to knit and finish this lovely lace-y goody:

            Start date: June 15, 2012, during a sleepless night in Innsbruck, Austria

            Finish date: February 23, 2014, snowstorm raging in Indiana

            Posting date: March 31, a beautiful Spring day

The pattern is Omelet from the 2011 Summer issue of knitty.com. Yarn is left over Fiddlesticks Knitting Exuisite from THIS epic project.

I'm not sure why I thought a second lace shawl would be easier than the first. It was definitely just as taxing, especially when I had to tink back 4 rows of 300+ stitches. I should really just knit what the chart says. Some lessons are learned the hard way, over and over again!

Modeled photos will follow in another post.

Lastly, I am delighted to share that one of our chickens has recommenced laying for the season!

Omelets for all! Happy eating, happy Spring, and happy lace shawls to you!

Linking to Ginny for the Yarn Along!

Fresh Eggs!

ta-DA! We did not expect any eggs until March, but Heinrich has been laying for the last four days. Two eggs were cracked and leaking, but the others are waiting to be eaten at breakfast tomorrow!

Yum!