First day at market

Today was our first day selling eggs at one of the local farmers' markets.  It is a very small market in a church parking lot.  The church started an outreach ministry to bring fresh, local produce to the community-which doesn't have a grocery store of any kind in a 7 mile radius.  That may not sound too far to some people, but imagine having no personal transportation and walking or biking 7 miles just to get food.  Imagine carrying weekly groceries for a family of 4 on a city bus.  The market is filling both a need and a desire in the community.

Our set up wasn't too spectacular, but we did just fine. =]

Final week of 2011

Yearly total: 326
Monthly total: 279* current record
Weekly total: 79

Sunday 11
Monday 10
Tuesday 10
Wednesday 12
Thursday 14* new daily record
Friday 12 first day with all 3 Brown Leghorns laying
Saturday 10

One of the Red Sex Links (or Red Star) Chickens hunting down a bug

This week in egg counting

Yearly count: 83

Sunday 4

Monday 7

Tuesday 4

Wednesday 7

Thursday 8 (new daily record!)

Friday 8

Saturday 7 Including our first blue green egg from an Americuana!

A comparison of our typical sized eggs:

Weekly total: 45 eggs
December 2011 running total : 56

I ordered some plain 12 count egg cartons from Zellwin Farms. The price was very good, the order was shipped the day after I ordered. The cartons are sturdy and exactly what I was looking for to transport the eggs. Zellwin Farms offers the option to customize the labeling on the boxes which is awesome. I am not quite there yet, but I can't wait to do that. =]

The count starts

We've been waiting since June 11 for these jokers. Today we finally had the first egg laid.

Of course it was in the dirt where the house of cards was but an egg is an egg and I am stoked! Let the counting begin.

1 for those keeping track. =]