bushel and a peck
Got eggs?
{We've got eggs.}
{We've got 19 eggs.}
{But we've eaten 6. So, 25 total.}
{That's practically a bushel and a peck!}
{In just 3 weeks.}
{We only have 2 hens laying so far.}
{Every day we collect 1-2 eggs.}
{A couple times we've gotten soft shell eggs.}
{But most eggs are top notch.}
{We bring them inside, and pack them away.}
{We put them into pretty turquoise cartons.}
{We need to start eating them.}
{When we first got chickens,
everyone said they would buy eggs from us.}
everyone said they would buy eggs from us.}
{I thought, "We'll never have
enough eggs for all these people."}
enough eggs for all these people."}
{But now I'm thinking,
once all chickens are laying...
once all chickens are laying...
...we probably will have plenty.}
{And I don't want to charge.}
{The eggs are a small blessing to us...
...and we want them to be
a small blessing to others as well.}
a small blessing to others as well.}
{That is all.}
Keep calm and lay on, Big Betty!
Cheers,
Heather
Cheers,
Heather
4 comments
When I was a kid, my sister and I got free chicks from the 4-H club and raised them. When they started laying eggs, we would sell them for $1 a dozen and that would be our pocket money (we never got an allowance).Gosh, that was over thirty years ago.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun childhood memories! I would have loved that. Do you keep chickens now?
DeletePeople in your neighborhood would LOVE to pay for those eggs I bet! (I would, but I'm a bit of a drive.) I love how that lovely teal goes so well with the brown eggs. You were meant to have chickens!
ReplyDeleteIt was hard to chose a color, but yes--the teal is perfect with the brown eggs! Next time you come down for a visit, I'll save a half dozen for you. (Or a dozen...if our other chickens would just start laying!)
DeleteWhat do you have to say for yourself?