Well last week i started on a chicken sled that was going to house the first of 5 Bard Rock chickens we were set to receive, i finished the sled on saturday and the chickens arrived just two days ago. As Noel and i talked about the finishing touches and completed the sled yesterday the chickens were ready to venture into their new home.
They have yet venture outside in to the yard a handful of times so that is what i am really waiting to enjoy, brother has already jumped on the chicken wire once when one of the chickens came out into the yard so they might be scared now but i hope not. He has redeemed himself by catching, killing and eating his first field mouse which i was very proud cause 80 and him are constantly hunting in the tall grass for them, as of now it is 1-1 in the mouse game that we know of.
These chickens are going to be the backbone of fertilizing and scratching up our fields as we move the sled around the property, but we still cant help going over and checking/playing with them every hour of so cause they are so cute and fluffy and i really cant wait till they start producing some eggs for us to feast on. There are also some one-day old chicks that will be arriving in the next couple of weeks, and we will hopefully be ready and prepared for them.
I also have been sprucing up the ol'e living situation by add a rock patio in front of the door so that we do not track in so much mud when we come and go, i will be extending it in the future when i can find some more flat rocks and time. Well in the next couple of days we should be getting some seeds planted and put in to the greenhouse to start our first crops by next week, so wish us luck.
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