Thanks for stopping by! We had 6 chicks hatch. One was incredibly late and only lived a few hours. Another one had something seriously wrong with its legs. We fought the good fight, feeding with an eye dropper and trying to find remedies. It was up and walking around, looking better but we couldn’t get it to eat and drink on its own so we lost him. Her. Hard to say. Anyhow we were quite sad.

Today some friends called and asked us to take a live chick they’d found along with a couple of dozen eggs to try and hatch. A few hours later 2 more chicks and 6 more eggs arrived as they were found loose on the farm. So. We may have a flock after all!

Color Printing, there’s a little bit of variance allowed with the temperature but not 4 degrees. This was our first time and it’s not an easy thing to do, let me tell you. I have a newfound respect and understanding of the term “Mother Hen”. 5 chicks hatched and one more may yet make it. It’s not the big flock I’d imagined, but decent enough.

Liz, oy. I have abandoned vegetable gardening altogether. I suppose as a pioneer I would try harder because of the whole hunger thing. I can do flowers easily, but food is harder to grow in my opinion. Oh well, someone’s got to support the local farmers, right?