We have been chicken farmers at the Kuegler mini-farm for over 18 months. During this time, we have had many exciting moments: a runaway chick, the first egg, the chickens' first encounter with snow. However, in early December, we realized that our chickens' time with us may be ending sooner than planned.
Although we like having chickens, our decision to get a flock of eighteen was for eggs. We didn't want eighteen new pets, we wanted chickens that would provide us with eggs. So, in late November when our girls' egg production dropped from six or seven eggs per day





