Spring has come to paradise!

Spring is officially here! We got the baby chickens into their outside pen yesterday, and they are loving it!! They have been dusting, laying in the sun, scratching in the leaves and enjoying being able to run in their pen. 

The grown up chickens are enjoying the weather too! They can get out and scratch in the leaves now that the snow is finally gone. They also enjoy the heat of the sun.

The bees are also glad that winter is finally over. They have been bringing in pollen like champs and the queen is already laying eggs.

Dad and I did some spring cleaning in the hive and ended up with quite a bit of burr comb. That means I have lots of beeswax to render. Perhaps I'll do a video sometime!!

Well I'm off to enjoy the sunshine myself! Until next time, Happy Easter and God bless!!

Jamie

Sunshine chickens

Here is today's picture. The days are getting shorter and colder, so any bit of sunshine we get is wonderful, and the chickens agree with me. Here is Nugget soaking up some rays. The last few days they have been stuck inside, so they relished his chance to go outside to scratch, hunt worms in he garden, and lay in the sun. Love my chickies!

Egg tally, week of August 11th

How have you all been this week?  It's been another busy week in paradise, but as with every Saturday, another week of egg laying competition has come to a close.  The green team has been on fire over the last few weeks.  So naturally the brown team had to kick it up a notch.

Clarabel, Frankie and Thelma Lou really stepped it up this week!  Good job RIR ladies!!!

See you guys next week!

Jamie

Egg tally, week of August 4 AND July 28th

The competition has really been heating up between the girls! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves, but they are really becoming pros at the whole paying egg thing!

Egg tally, week of July 14th

So last Sunday the chickees started laying eggs, and unbeknownst to them they entered a contest of which "team" would lay the most eggs each week.  We have the green team and the brown team. Here are the results for week one!

It was a tie!