It's fun to think and plan when we are in the middle of winter. I only planned to order 2 bantam calico cochins but somehow 4 jumped into my cart!:jumpy
I ordered some chicks, mostly bantams, from Meyer for the last week of April:
Calico Cochins-4
Mille Fleur-2
Bantam Frizzle Easter Egger-2
Cuckoo Silkie Bantam-2
Frizzle Saphire Jewel.-2
I will also be hatching from my flock around the same time, trying for some more frizzle mixes or turken...
Today I transplanted some brussel sprouts and cabbage. This is very late for these cold crops but I want to give them a chance. I started more than usual indoors this winter, I decided to try starting some things in greenstalk planters in the house (taken apart). It was an idea and it didn't...
Good choice to reunite them. I'm raising 6 regular sized chicks and 4 bantams who are 11 days younger. There is a big size difference now they are 4-6 weeks old but they hate being apart. I briefly considered letting the big chicks out of the brooder first but the bantams miss them if I even...
One chick with a mama hen should be ok. We had a hen sneakily hatch just one egg over the winter mama and chick did fine. The chick is a roo of course.:he
Lots of rain here. I got some indoor gardening done after work. I potted up some winter squash seeds. I know they do best planted right in the ground and we do that too but have some started indoors in case the critters eat all the seeds outside before they do their thing :).
Agreed, thanks for the thread. My Maticoopx 20 has arrived and I'm running it now, without eggs, to check everything is working and that I understand the machine.