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Eggs! Farm Fresh from the Red Hill Ranch, compliments of "The Sisters" Vendor Booth Information There are many wild and domestic critters that live at the Red Hill Ranch. The Sisters comprise our hen population. They are our pets and we enjoy having them here very much. They love a good scratching on their necks and wings and especially appreciate a hand-fed treat of fresh tomatoes or lettuce. Before we gave them their own yard to roam in, they would frequently migrate to the back patio porch and stand looking in the patio door with an expression that said "where are ya'll?" Business Information 300 E Criner Street Grandview, Texas 76050 Business: 817.240.4948                      Fax: Point of Contact: Lisa or Nita Website: Email: info@popandgrans.com We sell our farm fresh eggs from Pop & Gran's Antiques and More. We love our hens! They have a nice home and a big yard to run around in. In the winter time, when there are no tomatoes to peck off the vine, we throw open the hen house door and let them roam freely! Our chickens are fed hen scratch. We don't do anything else - no hormones, chemical enhancements; nothing. When we were doing our homework about raising chickens, we discovered that every old timer has their own opinionated preferences regarding chicken eggs. My 81 year old cousin told me "White Leghorns" were best because they produced white eggs that weren't too rich. She believes brown eggs should only be used in cakes. Then one of my neighbors, also 81 years old, stated that I shouldn't waste my time raising "White Leghorns" because they're so fussy, but rather, I should concentrate on old fashioned "Domineckers". I don't think they call them Domineckers anymore; the name has been changed to "Plymouth Barb Rock" hens which lay rich, brown eggs. Well, we chose to raise a few Road Island Reds and mostly Domineckers. We like the rich, brown eggs. I don't know why the names change, but evidently they do. We have had a problem with chicken (or rat) snakes in the hen house. They are not poisionous but unfortunatley, we had so many, we had to kill a few. Carrying them off down the hill wasn't an option. I always would much prefer to meet up with a chicken snake rather than a copperhead. Chicken snakes are so docile (if you don't make them mad, of course) that I was able to actually continue to gather eggs while he lay curled up in a chicken box for several days! He was so full of eggs he didn't worry with me. The photos give you an idea of how our hen house is contructed and what we deal with regarding "critters". Our hen house is secure and protects the hens from hungry coyotes that come through frequently at dusk and dawn. The hens instictively come through an installed "doggie door" that can be secured every evening. They roost every evening in the same spot up off the ground. They remain totally safe from predators. On a rare occasion we did witness a hawk swoop down and grab one of our hens from her yard. We scared him off (luckily) and the hen only suffered a few lost feathers.