The Farmette50

The Farmette50

Monday, April 4, 2011

Chicken Explosion

We have chickens everywhere.  Well, actually, we have chicks everywhere.  The original three in the chicken coop has expanded to 11 under three hens.  Inside the house, the incubator has produced more than 24 chicks. We lost four for various reasons and now have a brooder box filled with 17 and another filled with three.  Those three hatched a few days later than the 17 and it shows enough that they needed to be kept seperate.




In other things happening around the farmette, the fruit trees bloomed and then we had a freeze.  Time will tell if the baby peaches, apples and pears survived.  The garden has been turned but nothing is planted yet.  It's still a bit early.  The asparagus is up and running though.



And spring storms are rolling through on a regular basis.





And so it goes.