Nothing quite like venturing out onto ground,
muddy ground, but nonetheless ground - not Snowy ground, today...
The barn door was opened and off she went, happy hen noises and wings stretched
some were a bit more reluctant, not all hens have a love of the white stuff,
but once they realized there was thawing, muddy, leaf packed ground underfoot -
they too were all off exploring!
but once they realized there was thawing, muddy, leaf packed ground underfoot -
they too were all off exploring!
Rooster Nick kept careful watch over his ladies
Many tasty treats (bugs) were found in the hay bales round the barn
and snow is ready for trying to expand the taste buds!
So sorry ladies, April 1st is apparently bringing another Nor'Easter,
with 12+ inches of snow, so typical of our New Hampshire "Spring"...
The ladies were clucking and telling me I must be fooling,
but I told them it's just Old Man Winter's way of playing April Fools on
us New Englanders before he retires for his season of rest;
Hopefully this will be our last snow storm -
I'm thinking positive thoughts about a beautiful season just around the corner, are you?
We bottled our first gallon of maple syrup tonight and
I'm off to have some ice cream topped in homemade, warm, sweet, maple goodness
It goes so well with an oncoming snow storm, don't you think?
Back soon with some photos of ski racing
(yes, ridiculous, I know, but we're still skiing in our neck of the woods in April)
Can you believe it's nearly April - hours away to be exact
Hello April, please bring Spring with you :-)
- Erin
I am soooo jealous. You have no idea how badly I want to get chickens, I hope hope hope that this summer when we move i can start a flock. Oh yeah, good job on the syrup.
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Mike, They are fun and easy to take care of, only requiring about 20 minutes a day for our chickens & guineas combined. We really enjoy them and all the eggs they provide us each week. We sell enough eggs to basically cover the feed cost, so aside from occasional heat (b/c of our brutally cold NH mountain winters), lights on timers (energy efficient bulbs) and shavings, they cost us very little to keep. We like them so much that we're adding 9 more to our flock in mid-April. The kids can't wait to have baby chicks again.
ReplyDeleteYup - we have to make maple syrup each year - it's free b/c we have hundreds of maple trees on our property - George & I really enjoy the process and the results. You would really enjoy it, I'm sure.
Best of luck to you in your move and hope you get your very own flock soon - I want to add Bees this summer, still trying to convince George to tend the hives :-)
Oh, look how happy they are to finally be able to frolic around outside. They are so colorful and beautiful. I'm not sure about Mike's comment above though. How does he think he's going to start raising chickens this summer while moving and starting a practice?!?
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