We now have 9 chicks with the last one being hatched today which is day 24. They are all gorgeous and seem to be thriving well. My handy husband has made them a bigger brooder ready for when they are too big for their current cardboard box. The new one is fully collapsable and can be stores flat if required. I did remind him I intend on having all kind of chicks in there for the coming few months so it'll be staying put for a while.
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| Lovely and clean |
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| Brooder # 1 |
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| Brooder # 2 |
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| One hour or so later! |
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| Today :) |
Today I have applied for a cph number as we're hoping to get some pigs in the next month or two and this is something we must have before we can buy them. They said we should have it within the next 15 days. That fits in well time wise.
There's no sign of any geese eggs yet but a couple of friendly bloggers have said it'll probably be March time before we can get any. I've also checked for a nest and not noticed anything yet. They have started taking themselves to bed on a night though so that's a nice step forward.
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| The geese having a nosey at what seeds I am planting in the greenhouse |
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| Follow the leader |
The hens are doing well and the eggs are intermittent. Some days we get 3 and others 2 but that's fine by me for now. They are young girls after all though maybe some would say that means they should be producing daily. They are starting to follow the older girls and getting closer to my daughter, occasionally getting close enough to eat from her hand.
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| Loving our hens |
We have also managed to move a ginormous water container in to place to harvest rain water. That will be used to water the plants and for the geese to wash in etc. I'm not sure if it will be OK for the geese and hens to drink so I will look in to that.
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| The first water container in place. 2nd one behind it ready to be installed. |
Seedlings wise I have planted a few more tomatoes as I'm trying to do them staggered over a few weeks. The first lot I sowed are looking strong which I am really pleased with as I thought they might die.
I've set myself a challenge if only shopping every 2 weeks for food and the first delivery is on Friday. I'm going to update the menu plan page for those interested. The budget is £350 a month for all groceries Inc meat and toiletries. That's to feed these monsters :).
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| Our gorgeous daughter and her chick |
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| My amazing som with his little chick |
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| The mood last night - stunning |
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| The moon tonight - again, stunning. |
we shop once a fortnight too, it makes it much simpler to plan, if you ever get over to Consett they have a Barry's Bargains Store, it's brilliant for cheap food, they have some branded stuff too, but you fancy giving anything a try there is plenty to stock up on xx
ReplyDeleteThat's great to know. I will definitely have a look in should we be over that way. Thanks.
DeleteCongrats on the new additions! I'd love to raise a couple of chicks but I'm 'not allowed'! ;)
ReplyDeleteAww why not?
ReplyDeleteGlad it is all going well, especially with the fluffy little chicks! xx
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