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More Promo Eggs!

Posted on January 14th, 2020 by Marcus Riedner

Hey all, happy freezing-cold-icebox week!

Our hens are really slow this week, in cold weather like this they spend all their energy staying warm and snuggling under heat lamps and with each other. In weather like this we restrict the hens from their outside runs, though to be honest they don't like going outside when it is super snowy and -10ºC. This is prime frostbite weather for their wattles and combs, so we keep a close eye on them to make sure they are doing all right.

This type of cold also causes frozen eggs, even with our heated nest boxes. We are losing about 12 - 24 eggs a day to freezing right now. This is much better than last winter where we were losing 75-90% of our eggs each day to freezing whenever the thermometer dipped below -15ºC. After watching the nest boxes in use this winter we have a few modifications we might try to keep things warmer in the boxes.

We have more promo eggs! If you have neighbours, friends, or co-workers who you think would like to try our eggs we can give you a couple dozen free to pass along. If your friend wants to sign up be sure to use your referral code you and your friend will get $25 to spend in our online farm store for extras like honey. We'll have extra eggs at the pickup in Calgary and Cochrane every week, just let us know if you want any.

Stay warm out there this week!

Locally Yours,

Marcus, Sarah, Sam, Bo