Our hens are being very good to us. We have six – three black, two lovely brown and one black and white. They’re a bit of a mix of colours, characters and breeds but they are fun to have around – and above all they’re great layers.
Recently we’ve been trying out a new menu of organic mixed corn rather than pure corn. They seem to like it. When our kids go out to feed the hens (they live in a big run in our garden in sunny Perthshire) there is a great deal of competition to see which one can make it to the feed first.
On average we’re collecting about three eggs every day, which means we can send out most of our campervans with a few eggs on board for our guests’ first breakfast. There’s little to beat the taste of a freshly laid egg cooked on a campervan stove somewhere in the middle of Scotland. Our favourite is fried egg and bacon rolls on a cool but bright Saturday morning in a campervan overlooking a stunning west coast beach.
Hmm. Just now one of our hens is a bit broody so she’s sitting in the nest box all day. Girls, hey?!
We quite often include a few slabs of homemade flapjack on board the campervans, too, as well as a little milk, tea bags, coffee and a few other essentials to get our guests started on their way.
I forgot to say I think that was the best flapjack I have ever had! Alexi
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