Hello, Hello
Hi Everyone! Just got back from a 5 day trip to Georgia to style & shoot an amazing farmhouse. The homeowners style is very unique and so creative. I loved being there.
Back on the homestead, Lola is still laying freaky shell-less eggs. She's getting good care, healthy food & water and plenty of free ranging…go figure. And now her sister, Marshmallow has decided to brood on the nest all day long. My girls are very strange this spring. Thank you all for your great comments and words of advise. Very helpful and encouraging!
This week I'm doing a shoot with Country Living at my house which will be keeping me busy…but the fun kind of busy. Next week, I plan on taking 2 days off…in a row. Sounds so extravagant to me.
Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. This has been quite the week around the globe!
30 Responses to “Hello, Hello”
Photo shoots sounds lovely. Can’t wait see them in upcoming publications.
Lola and marshmallow. What great names for those cute gals.
I have never heard of shell less eggs! I have always wanted to raise chickens and still may. I became a bee keeper a few years ago and am still behind the learning curve learning all about these fascinating ladies!
Hope you relax and have a great 2 days off!! If your like me you try to cram all the things around the house that need attention-
bee blessed
mary
Enjoy your days off! Keep us posted on how your “ladies” egg laying is going!
Megan
Just want to say how much I appriciate what you do. I love FMS and can’t wait for the next one.
Hope your girls settle down soon.
Enjoy your 2 days off!
Wow, can’t wait to see that farmhouse in Georgia! We just bought a fixer farmhouse so I’m itching for more ideas.
Hello Heather,
I love old farm houses can’t wait to take a peek at the photos from your trip to GA.
Smiles, Paula
Can’t wait to see pictures! And I love this holder you have for the colored pencils. So much character!
What a lovely photo at the top of the post!
I can’t wait to see the results of your rescent FMS photo shoot. You’ve been so busy and deserve that two day break–or more!
Enjoy!
I can’t wait to see the farm house photo shoot in FMS this fall! Have fun with the Country Living shoot too! I’m sure your girls will present you with some eggs that have shells very soon… aren’t animals just weird and fun, you never know what they’re going to do!
Looking forward to seeing it all!
Hi Heather
We missed you at rotp, but I see why! A busy girl. Good uck with all your projects. Will be so fun to see it all in print.
I am so excited! I can’t wait! If you get the chance come read my hilarious confession and see my french vintage birdcage I bought for $13! 🙂
Xo,Meme
LOVE hearing about your girls…hope she starts laying “edible” eggs soon:)
Thank you for your inspiring photo…so simple, yet so yummy to look at. Enjoy your 2 days off…look forward to seeing the results for your photo shoots 🙂
You’ve been so busy, but I’m sure you will have marvelous photos to show your work! And, okay, will say,,,,the shell-less eggs thing is freaky! We’ve had up to 43 chickens at one time, never had that happen. However, once in a rare-while I’d get a egg with a very thin shell, so I’m sure it could happen. Just strange, nature’s way of saying, “I’m different!” or “I’m stressed.” or, “You know, I really don’t have it all together”. (My favorite!) Hugs, Heidi
Can’t wait to see the new fall issue….
Hope your girls {chicks} get to feeling better.
Have a wonderful day
looking forward to the next FMS!
two days off?!?! in a row?!? what’s your secret?
Your work is always so amazing, I can’t wait to the fall issue! Enjoy your 2 days off, sounds like you need them! Marcia
I can’t wait to see the new Flea Market Syle, sounds fun! Enjoy the shoot with Country Living, sounds like a good busy for sure! I think you deserve the time off, enjoy it! Susan
Very cool.Congrats! I can’t wait to see it! I just had CL at my house too. They were so great. It was a wonderful experience! Enjoy those days off!
Get your broody girl into a wire cage pronto! she needs lots of air circulating around her nether regions to break her from the settling into a warm nest that’s so integral to a broody hen. Increased daylight and warmer temps kick off a chemical reaction in some hen’s brains that make them go broody. We had one broody Buff Orpington and two days in a cage 24 hours a day (with lots of food and water) broke her of her broodiness. She’s her old self again, out with the flock, happily pecking away at bugs, grass, etc.
Broody hens stop laying completely and it can take days or weeks before they’re back to laying, depending on how long they’ve gone broody. Good luck!
Thanks for the advise Donna! Followed your orders and hoping it will make things better for our broody girl. Btw, sent you an email too!
Best,
Heather
it does sound fun Heather! and I can’t wait to see the next issue…I loved the last one
j’adore cette boite de crayons….
Amicalement,
Manon
I am so looking forward to seeing the photos in the next FMS. Love your work. Hope your chicken’s egg shells show up soon 🙂 best of luck with her!
Heather, I have banty chickens and this spring they just quit laying!! They are only two years old! So i’ve been doing some reasearch and came across a little bit of info that might help you! To strengthen chicken egg shells (or lack there of) save all of your shells in a bowl and leave them in the oven (you don’t even have to turn it on), then once a week crush them into small pieces (very small or they’ll start eating their own eggs) and feed them like scratch to the chickens. The shells are full of protein that make the next shells stronger! Who knew!! Good luck!! Shelley
I am a-scared of chickens so am so happy you are sharing photos and stories so I can enjoy them from the safety of my couch. Really enjoying your lovely blog.
My family raised chickens when I was a young girl. I remember Mom giving the hens oyster shells, so that the egg shells would be firm. The shells came from the feedstore, just as the corn for the chickens did.
I used to pick corn from the fields after the combines had made their way through. With two five gallon buckets looped over my bicycle handles, I’d head off to the field and shuck corn into the buckets until they were almost full. Then I’d push my bike home, bringing in tons of free corn for the chickens.
Those buckets got alot of use. They were also my blackberry buckets.
I’d forgotten all about this until your post jogged my memory.
Thank you.
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