If only we had time to advocate!

First, a look at one man's attempt to bring absolutely LOVELY chickens to his front yard in Manchester, NH:

http://nhpr.org/urban-chickens-manchester

And then the City's refusal last night to allow the chickens:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2010/11/11/nh_city_nixes_manchester_chicken_proposal/

Will the neighbor who is complaining REALLY be more bothered by these designer hens than by a multi-occupancy home in his neighborhood???

REALLY appreciated one local advocate of Personal Liberty saying that this man should tell the City of Manchester to "Cluck off!"

November 8, 2010 An Egg!

We left Elizabeth's four hens in the very able and loving care of neighbor Laura Morrison while we visited Rick's family in Florida for his Dad's 90th Birthday. When we returned from Florida, Jemi discovered this first egg, neatly deposited in the nesting box. Alas, probably due to the lack of hay in the box, the end of the egg was damaged.

(Technically, this may be the second egg, actually, because Laura reported seeing a broken shell in the coop).

The great news, however, is that there's been one egg a day ever since! No way to tell exactly which chicken is laying them, but we'd guess it's Omelette-dala or our other Sex-Linked, Princess Layah, since they seem larger and more mature than the two Golden Comets.

Such lovely brown eggs. Beautiful work, ladies! (And a yummy egg sandwich for Eleanor and Mom's lunch).