Happy Hanukkah and Our First Egg

This evening begins Hanukkah, candle 1, and guess what? Our newly raised chickens laid their first egg. How appropriate, a blue Hanukkah egg from the “Easter Egger” chicken breed. A multicultural egg for sure!

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It was delicious!  first egg 6 dec 2016-5-Web

We have 6 chickens – 2 “Easter Eggers”, 2 Speckled Sussex, and 2 Bard Rocks that we raised from tiny chicks in July.

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It’s hard to believe that just a few months ago these fat, sassy chickens looked like this:

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We are also enjoying home-made jelly donuts for Hanukkah, called “Sufganiot,” home-made by Sarah, the Queen of Cupcakes.

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first egg 6 dec 2016-8-webYUM!!!

Wishing you all a happy and healthy holiday season and a great new year! AND…since is the internet – here’s a picture of a cat. haha! Naomi, A.K.A. “kitTEN!” and “Future-cat.”

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Best wishes, and here’s a reminder of spring.beanstalk 25 aug 2015

– Michael

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Mike Jackman, Words & Music

Singer-Songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist, Writer