The new kids on the block have arrived. I got the usual early morning call from the local post office telling me to pick them up. I have the brooder ready and the heat lamp turned on. They are the hybrid Red Sex Link chickens also known as Golden Comet, Gold Star, and Cinnamon Queen. Here are a few more photos as they… (more…)
So, I thought things were settling down after I moved the flock that was being eaten by an unknown predator from the back field to the field by the house. But then the hot weather hit… well, what?… 3 days of heat?…. Just enough to put the hens off… the number of eggs produced dropped, and of course, my sales increased. Ain’t that… (more…)