We've had a mysterious shortage of eggs this summer. All of our hens are good layers and even with a few broody hens, we should STILL be getting 10 eggs a day.
Hmmmm, it's not been happening though.
When we got home from vacation we saw where some varmint had actually dug into the chicken feed THROUGH the plastic trashcan. And it seemed like some of hens and baby chicks were missing.
Grrrr.... Don't mess with my family and don't mess with my animals!
So, Tony came home with a trap for the hen house the next day.
First we caught a possum in it. We rejoiced. Victory was ours. We had caught the culprit. Or so we thought.
A few days passed, still, no more eggs. But we caught a young raccoon. It was actually cute, but it had to go too. It's simply ridiculous to keep buying eggs when we're feeding a whole flock of chickens here.
We're figuring that surely we've solved the problem, but we better leave the trap there juuuuust in case.
So, look what Jake found in the trap this morning....
 Ummm, Faith girl, what's happened here?
Oh nothing Nan, nothing at all. I was just ummm, checking on the chickens and I saw this weird box and it had EGGS in it Nan. I know how you all have been complaining about not getting enough eggs so I thought I'd ummmm . . . bring them to the house for you . . . yea, that's it. I was just going to get them out of the box. I'm not even hungry. But they sure do smell good. Maybe I am just a little hungry after all...
FAAAAAAAITH GIRL! How could you? You are SO grounded. You can just stay in doggie timeout for a few minutes! And no, you can't eat those eggs!
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• Aug. 13, 2008 - Too funny! That reminds me...