Smitten by Campo Lindo Farms

Lathrop, Missouri, is a small town a half-hour north of Kansas City and just to the west of Interstate 35. Its most famous residents aren’t humans but the chickens and other animals at Campo Lindo Farms.

My carton of Campo Lindo eggs the other day included this note:

Hi from Campo Lindo Farms. The ladies are being a little finicky these days. Jay built some new nest boxes for them to lay eggs in, and we were sure they would love them. These are community nests — a cozy little hut with straw where they can settle in and lay eggs, and on the plus side for us, that are easier to gather eggs out of. I guess the ladies are not too worried about making it easy on us, because so far, only a couple of hens have used them. Oh well, maybe they’ll grow to like them. We sure hope so!! Thank you for supporting local, very set in their way, hens. Carol, Jay, Brandon & Isabel

Carol Jay, Brandon and Isabel would be the Maddick family. They own Campo Lindo and, in addition to writing the notes, do everything else there is to do on the farm.