Oh how many days go by! It really seems like the day before yesterday that I made a blog entry! No really I swear! Time just flys when your busy! Lets see, I have a ton of things to do today so I’ll be brief. Lets see if I can give you a summary of the accomplishments in the last week.
Gardening – I managed to plant 54 seed pots, within 3 days my broccoli & cauliflower sprouted and already began moving outside for daytime sunshine. Cabbage has also started sprouting and I expect many things to continue quickly. We put up solid edge borders on our raised beds, which were pathetically bordered by rocks before. They looked nice, but needed upkeep constantly and we tended to lose a lot of dirt that way too. So we’ve got those setup and we also dug a new bed where the little chicken tractor was formerly stationed, creating a 3rd planting area for my onions and such.
Chickens – I think I’m done selling adult chickens for now, as I only have Wattles left and a couple of buff hens to part with. I DID hear back from one of the White Orpington breeders and some chicks are supposed to be headed my way on Monday! At around the same time the eggs we removed from Broody will be due. Unfortunately, only 2 of those are well developed the other 3 are quitters. Which doesn’t surpise me considering all the interruptions she had on her nest, not to mention the cold snap that hit at the same time. Did I tell you about the time I checked for extra eggs under her but found a BUFF ORPINGTON instead? It was hilarious and those little girls actually FIT under Broody! Well.. it was a good chuckle.
Breeding in Pen #3 has started, the girls have returned to laying and have begun accepting their new rooster . Pen #2 with the Black Orpingtons is also nice & peaceful, everyone getting on quite nicely. Pen #1, the hen house, is still a bit up in the air. Not too sure how mature my rooster is in there, although I have seen him taking care of business with one of the hens, I have yet to see any activity with any of the others. He’s certainly NOT in any rush, and of course, he’s the one I need to perform the most! Hopefully it’ll all start moving along quickly soon and I won’t have anything to worry about. At least he is doing some of his job, that’s a good sign.
Turkeys – A New Hampshire man has 2 Jersey Buff turkey toms and no hens. What a predicament! I’m very excited, we are discussing the possibilities of trading a hen for a tom or even perhaps selling him my two hens so he can start his own breeding program. I’d rather do the trade but many things to consider, such as our NPIP status, shipping stress on these very large birds not to mention the cost of shipping them, which I have yet to find out. But, still.. possibilities are around so that is enough to brighten my day.
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