The three litte pigs

Yes, we finally have pigs! Paul and Erin went to Cheney's farm a couple of weeks ago and brought home these adorable babies. Because we thought they were all girls, Sarah named them after the 3 fairy godmother's in Sleeping Beauty - Flora, Fauna, and Merriweather. However, we soon found out that one pig didn't pee like the rest, so now they are Florian (a boy), Fuana, and Merriweather. They are slowly becoming more friendly and curious. Merriweather is the only one with spots. They will be eating a lot of eggs!

Happy Anniversary!

The Egg Man suprised the Egg Woman with this beautiful bouquet of flowers on Wednesday. It was our 19th wedding anniversary (but we've known each other for 27 years). Gerber daisies are my favorite!

Hens on the run

The hens love this warm weather. They are all over...in the front yard, in the back yard, in the pine trees, in my in-laws yard, down the drive way, in the garden, and around the barn. Hens, hens, hens, everywhere you look. Their favorite thing to do is to find a spot of dirt (like a flower bed) where they can scratch and roll. They use their wings to throw dirt up onto their backs. They remind me of Pig Pen from Charlie Brown. We bought some poultry netting to put up around their coop to keep them somewhat contained. You can imagine all the presents 100+ hens leave behind. Not good.

June chickens are sold out

Mark the weekend of June 5th to pickup your fresh chickens.

Please use the order form on our website at www.theeggmanstore.com to place your orders for July - October.

If there are any fellow runners out there, I just signed up myself, Sarah and Erin to run in the Chicago Rock-n-Roll half marathon on August 1st. I'm learning ChiRunning which is helping me tremendously! Rock on!!

Another lazy day...

From left to right: Knickerbocker, mini-Knickerbocker, and Lenny.

Knickerbocker and mini-Knickerbocker are brothers but not from the same litter. Lenny is a cousin. Lenny is my favorite cat. He doesn't like to be held but he's very affectionate. He likes to lick toes which is why the girls don't like him. We named him Lenny after the character in 'Of mice and men'. Lenny seems a bit slow but I think that makes him even more endearing.

Time to order chickens

We are taking orders for June chickens. Please fill out the order form on our website to place your order (www.theeggmanstore.com). We are almost sold out for June so don't procrastinate! You can also place your orders for July-October. We will post the June pick-up day soon. We ask (beg!) that you pick up your chickens on the day they are processed because we don't have the freezer room to store them.

...your worst nightmare was staring at you

This poor chipmunk was trapped in this crab apple tree for hours today. Garfield, the cat in the tree, kept a close vigil at the base of the tree after we chased him down. It was a windy day so the chipmunk was swaying on that branch holding on for dear life...back and forth. And Garfield wasn't the only one watching...there were at least 3 other cats and Lily (the dog). It had a happy ending though, the chipmunk finally did escape.