*humiliation at Chick-Inn

Thanksgiving marked the third year of our family living in paradise, aka Florida.  Our first January of living here we bought some chicks, we bought some again the second year and so the story goes... Some of our girls molted the fall of their first year, which I found strange based on everything I have read about chickens molting. 

Some how I don't hear that song, "This girl is on fiiiire!" playing in the background...  My dear husband was looking at the flock today and noticed her and commented that he didn't know if she was going to make it or not.  I thought it was funny, I informed him (for her) that she was simply molting.  She is completely humiliated at this point.

 Isn't this the cutest little egg ya ever seen?! We haven't a clue as to which one of our sweet chickens laid this one.  Normally you might see an egg this size from a young pullet who has just started laying, but, we don't have any young ones that have just started laying.  It is a mystery egg.

 Getting ready to head out to deliver, one day a couple of weeks ago. We are so glad to be able to provide our eggs to others who want to add as much wholesome foods to their table as they can. It is so rewarding to hear how delicious the eggs are, or how tasty and juicy the turkey was on Thanksgiving.  Thanks Ashley, Jeremy, Yvonne, Bonnie, Lee & Shannon!

 Our flock is doing well or should I say much better since we butchered 6 of our turkeys.   The turkeys act like PIGS when we treated the flock with scratch and the poor chickens are left scrambling around trying to get a few crumbs!   We are still selling our eggs on a regular basis to committed happy customers.  The chickens are continuing to earn their keep and pay for the upkeep of their coops, pay for treats and supply our garden with some rich fertilizer. 

 

*spring is on it's way

It is true, when you are a blogger and you have been away for a while, it is hard to get back on a roll. This past week I have thought I would get to the keys and type out some morsels of how life has been around Erilyn but I just couldn't bring myself to it. I love blogging, I do. But I have found that when I am away for more than 4 days or so, I start thinking things like, "I don't know if I will ever blog again" or "I think I am done with this". Funny thing is, I just read The Coop Keepers most recent blog post and she feels the same way.

At any rate, even though my post have been nonexistent, life around here like life around your place has certainly gone on! The days are becoming full of more life almost daily! Our azaleas have nearly finished  blooming for this year, the amaryllis's are shooting up and looking like they will burst forth any day now and of course fluffy little baby chicks were born weeks ago. The grass is growing, weeds too and soon the mower will start is unending task until late fall is here again.  We have a great jump start to spring, wonderful spring!

Just yesterday my beloved and I were in the garden areas and we noticed that the slim potatoes trimmings that had gone into the compost bin were now sprouting.  We have just planted potatoes, so I scooped the up out of the compost pile and took them over to the potato patch.  These two plants will make a meals worth of potatoes by summers end. These simple things bring me joy.

Our little chicks are growing just as fast as the grass and weeds in the front yard!  The turkeys are starting to catch up with the chicks that are few weeks older than they are.  This little cutie is an ornamental chicken, a polish variety.  We purchased this one as a straight run mixed crested polish chick from a local farm supply store, so we are hoping it is a pullet.  We are starting to have trouble with Husan now... I have been chased once, Kierstyn once, and now my beloved once as well. We will see how that works out. All I can say is, he looks meaty.   Anyway, the little polish chick breed sort of caught our eye when we were in Alabama last month when we saw an adult one running around the little hatchery.  The one we have likely is a Buff Laced Crested Polish, I can hardly wait for her to finish feathering out! 

More potatoes need to go into the ground, so I am off. I hope you all have a great day!