You can't stop life even when you have a dog who tried to end your chicken future forever. As in my previous posts I found out the culprit who did a mass killing on all my chickens was my precious dog. We made a tough decision and moved her on to another home without chickens. In her kill she proceeded to kill all and I mean all my laying hens. At first I was extremely discouraged and actually decided to give up having chickens. But my love for fresh eggs and being a little self sufficient drove me on.
Month after month of finding nothing in the nest boxes was discouraging but I didn't give up faith. Finally the first egg showed up. It was a morning of excitement. I'm sure some would think I was going loopy being this happy over one egg but it really was a new beginning for me and my chickens. As each day came more eggs were in the box. First they were tiny now they are getting to be a nice size. I only have seven hens two that are quite young still and I get five eggs each day so I feel content. I need to get more hens but for now its all good. I'm very glad I didn't give up.
