A hen lays an egg every day. True. Hens generally lay around the same time of day, usually in the morning. To get more technical, it takes about 25 hours for an egg to form and travel through the oviduct, causing the hen to lay her egg a little later each day. As the cycle [...]
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Fun facts about eggs (that might not be true) Part Two
Posted in animals, food, photo, tagged chickens, eggs on February 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Fun facts about eggs (that might not be true) Part One
Posted in animals, food, photo, tagged chickens, eggs on February 20, 2012 | 5 Comments »
White chickens lay white eggs, and brown chickens lay brown eggs. Not true! The color of the egg is determined by the color of the hen’s ear lobe. White ear lobes indicate white eggs, and red or pink earlobes indicate brown, blue or green eggs, depending on the breed. Some brown breeds, like Rhode Island [...]
Feral dogs kill again
Posted in animals, farm, photo, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, cats, feral dogs on January 2, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Durian the cat is dead. He was killed in his sleep the other night by a feral dog that crawled under the car where the cat was sleeping. The dog went for the cat’s throat, slashing its jugular, and the cat didn’t have a chance. It was dragged by the dog to the other side [...]
Hungry critter
Posted in animals, csa, farm, photo, tagged caterpillar on November 18, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Anybody have an idea what kind of caterpillar this is? It showed up in the bunch of dill that I was arranging when I came to photograph this week’s share. Despite the attention from my camera’s giant glass eye, the hungry caterpillar kept on munching. I put it on a plant outside the barn. Keep [...]
From caterpillar to chrysalis
Posted in animals, photo, tagged giant swallowtail caterpillar on September 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Stopped by Margarita’s farm stand on Krome Avenue a couple weeks ago to get some bananas, and saw some potted rue plants off to the side. One had a handsome caterpillar on it, with bright green and yellow stripes, but I put that plant aside. Didn’t want any hitchhikers… Discovered the next morning that the [...]
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