The big news this week is the arrival of the new chicks. Monday morning I got the call from the post office to come pick up my noisy box. At the time all were alive, but we have lost 5 as of this post. It was very cold Sunday night, which just makes shipping harder. What we have currently are 6 White Crested Polish (the ones with the poof on top) 3 Partridge Cochins Hens (the solid brown ones) 12 Dark Cornish (brown with black stripes) and 1 mystery chick (not pictured). There's still another 24 hours to go before I'll stop expecting more casualties.
The other fowl are doing well. The ducks have been free ranging again, now that the weather has warmed and the chickens are starting to lay more.
Zombie Chick
Barred Rock
Rascal napping in the sun
The goats are all doing well. The others have accepted Flash into the herd. Soon he and Chipper will have to go hang out on their own away from the does, and it won't be long before Sage and Chipper are weaned and the Herrin's get FRESH GOAT MILK! Yum!
Flash, Sage and Chipper sunning
Sage
Chipper is king of the table
Petunia and Scarlet cuddling
Then they decided to really ham it up
Rupert always comes out on the porch and waits while I make the rounds
Bo's head hanging off the couch
Now we're just waiting for spring to plant the rest of the garden and it'll really get busy around here!
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