The new batch of egg layers is growing fast. Here they are trying out their new high roosts for the first time.
Here’s one just two months ago, on the low roosts:
They are about five times the weight they were two months ago. We should have fresh eggs again soon!
The girls made a group decision to stay inside today. The consensus, after much clucking, was that there probably were not enough worms in the foot deep snow to warrant the usual scratchfest.
Spring is just around the corner, and we’re excited to start another great farming season.
The baby chicks are camping out in the office until the blustery winds calm down a bit out there.
Piper likes the chicks too.
The are amusing to watch. and they give whole new meaning to the word “twitter.”
Two day old Plymouth Barred Rock Chick.
Hanging round on the feeder..
Piper With Chicks on Her Mind..
If all goes well, we will have eggs for sale again come August. Stay tuned!
Click here to see more pics of Chick day. Nice job Sara!
One of our most favorite things here on the farm is when we get wee visitors. Yesterday we had a visit from Griffin, a curious and vivacious young family member from the seacoast who was very excited to check out the chickens up close and personal.
Because the hens have gotten used to the idea that anytime someone enters the coop, they are in for a treat, they were equally excited to meet Griffin, hoping he had some goodies to share.
Oh sure, some of the girls kept on working, pumping out those eggs. It’s their job after all.
But curiosity got the best of the majority. You never know. A scrap of stale bread, a melon rind, an apple core, sometimes even some cracked corn!
Ahh. Fruit of the Chicken. This is what it’s all about eh?
So we put a few dozen out to share with our friends.
and we make a little quiche for lunch; test the quality, you know.
And then it’s back to the gall darned knitting, because it’s so cold out there the snowmen are begging to be brought in at night!
Thanks for coming up Griffin, and for bringing your Ma (who snapped these great photos.) Come back soon. You’ll really get a kick out of the baby pigs here at the farm come April!