9 chickens
3 chicken funerals
9 fertilized eggs
7 hatched chicks
4 roos
3 baby hens
9 chickens again
1755 regular eggs
9 fart eggs
33-cent egg cost average
3 leaky spots in hen house
4 attempted fixes
2 leaky spots in hen house
1 chicken run add-on
700 pounds of feed
1872 pounds of chicken poop (really)
1 chicken sporting a sweater
1 fence extension
1 hen broody 5 times
1 broody hen raises 7 chicks
1 outbreak of chicken lice
18 chicken baths to get rid of lice
3 flocks of chickens given through Heifer with egg money
78 seed pots started
8 varieties of tomatoes that made it
10 raised garden beds
2 barrels of potatoes
7-potato total harvest
3 tomatillo plants turned monster trees
2 huge batches of salsa verde
12 cases of home canned goods
9 wheelbarrows full of homemade dirt
0 luffa (still)
98 blog posts
602 new friends on Facebook
Many new skills and first tries (both successful and otherwise)
Unlimited hours of laughter
Lots of fun.
2011 had its hard moments. But mostly it was good. I grew, was stretched, learned, re-learned (…am still learning…) and having a great time doing it. Thanks for coming along for the ride.
Here’s to an even better 2012!
