Well we have 2 so far, and it’s anyone’s guess how many we’ll end up with. Our incubator holds about 40 and we added eggs at 3 different stages, so there’s still some hope for a few more. I think I like the chickens better than the turkeys, they seem a little smarter and tougher. I have told Pam to keep me away from them though, I have bad luck with little birds 
In other news, I’m wondering if anyone else is actually doing this wwoofing thing? Anybody? One other thing I am doing is the National Novel Writing Month!
This is going to be all sorts of amazing, the idea is to write a 50,000 word novel in a month, pretty self-explanatory. The motivation behind it is just to get your creativity going and words down on paper. People get incapacitated by all these big ideas about books and novels etc that they forget about just doing it. It’s a good time, I recommend it if you like writing.
Farming news: We’re in the process of planting a lot of garlic, a lot of strawberries, and a lot of transplants. This means a lot of getting rows ready, amending soil, and weeding. All of which i love. Another interesting thing has been the chickens. They have been absolutely flourishing on the “pasture”, getting quite a bit fatter and happier. But their eggs… SOOO much better! Everyone can tell a huge difference, the yolks are stiffer, creamier, richer; they taste exceptional. If it were only for taste difference in the eggs, the pasturing would be worth it.
We’re starting the CSA back up, slowly but surely as we start to grow more vegetables, hopefully the wait will be worth it, we have a lot of great stuff coming.
Tags: baby chickens, Organic Farming, WWOOF
October 15, 2009 at 9:52 am |
Danny
Different…We used to buy 50 day old chicks
thru mail order and then raised them from there….
PaPa