Nine THOUSAND chickens

We went on a " field trip" to Andrea's Dad's chicken houses. What an adventure! These chickens are not raised for meat....they are raised for their eggs. The eggs are fertilized and when they are laid, they are collected and sent to a hatchery to be hatched for the baby chicks....then those chicks are sold. In the one house we were in, there were over 9,000 chickens!!!!!! Sure was noisy! ....and the smell wasn't too good, but not as bad as I had expected. It was fun seeing all those chickens. All of them were white.....as far as you could see, were white chickens. After seeing all those chickens, Andrea took us into the " egg room" and told us all about how they have to keep them at a certain temperature before they are sent off to the hatchery. While we were in the egg room....Andrea gave us a bunch of " double yolked" eggs to take home. They were huge! Fresh eggs taste richer than the ones in the store. ...it's a nice taste. We thoroughly enjoyed our "field trip" and I think one that Genavive will always remember.

After the trip to the chicken houses, we went back to Andrea's and Genavive went swimming with Cason, while Chuck and I visited with Andrea and Andy. Of course we were served " homemade ice cream". I am beginning to think no one "buys" ice cream during the summer up here. ...I just love it!