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We picked up 10 Buff Orpington chicks last weekend. We're only keeping one but most of the rest are already spoken for. Sadly we lost one the first night so we're down to 9 now but they are all doing very well. They are all professionally sexed and guaranteed female. We chose this breed to add to our flock because they are one of the most people friendly breeds, get too heavy to fly, and lay eggs all winter. Seems like a perfect backyard bird. If anyone would like one, please contact me as we have a few available. Hopefully I can save someone a drive out to the valley to pick up chickens and we're handling these babies regularly to get them used to people.
The corn garden is very behind schedule. The soil in there is very wet and clayey so we wanted to improve it before we planted but it is a rather daunting task given the size of the bed. Finally started dumping loads of compost in there and mixing it in so we could get some seeds in. We planted about 8 rows of corn and surrounded them with beans which will enjoy growing up the corn stalks. We'll put ground cover type crops in to fill in the rest of the space.

The Polish girls are 9 or 10 weeks old now. They are so wonderful. Much friendlier than our older hens. Everyone loves them. That's "Ladybug" in my profile pic. She's going to live with Ann next week as she gets picked on by our older hens and is much too sweet and shy to really be happy here. Very sad to see her go but we had only planned on keeping one of these girls and she'll just be around the corner so we can still see her lots. Here's a pic of Ludo with "Buzz," our golden laced girl:
Well I better get out there and get that coop finished. Happy farming everyone!
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