After a little bit of pondering, and at the prompting of a certain 8 year old grandson, we decided to get a few laying hens! We have had them in the past, but not for the last 6-7 years. It's time... fresh eggs and a little shared responsibility will be a good thing! With that all decided, it's time to look at some possible 'houses and yards'! (UGGGH.... I really do NOT like wintering animals!)
We are sharing an order of 25 chicks with my son and his friend... so 3 families will be having a fun spring! They will arrive next Friday (4/24) and we are excited!!
- shavings
- starter/grower feed
- waterers are clean
- feeders all cleaned up
- brooder all set up
NOW WE ARE AWAITING THE PHONE CALL FROM THE POST OFFICE!
Our first phone came in the morning... 4/16
Second call happened April 24th with our chicks... hens for our hen house (eggs)!!
I brought up the idea of turkeys again... as I do each spring! LOL And after thinking about it for a week, it is a NO GO! The poults are $9.49 each and then 14-18 weeks of feeding and watering them... ehhhhhh, we nixed the idea! (again)
Maybe a rabbit trio?? MAYBE a couple of piglets?? Who knows what will come next!! We have the
tomatoes & peppers all started and growing strong! In another couple of weeks, we are hoping that the night temps will be warm enough to move the seedlings out to the greenhouse!
LOTS of busy-ness happening all over the place! Spring time is a wonderful time of year!
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