Some of the snow has finally started to melt, and does this ever make for some happy chickens. They have been thrilled to spend some time outside scratching at the patches of grass that are gradually peeking through – a nice glimpse of Spring on its way. Today was especially delightful for them, as I […]
We are thrilled that things broke above freezing temperature-wise this weekend, not only for our own sanity, but also because we had our second shipment of baby chicks on the way, and we realized that we needed to build another brooder pen. It’s always better to transport babies, and to work on projects, when the […]
One of my daily chores is gathering and processing the eggs into cartons, and I generally enjoy it. I will admit, since the weather has been so bitterly cold this winter, it isn’t quite the delightful treasure hunt that it was in the summer, but I never fail to appreciate the lovely eggs our girls […]