These are the four new additions to my urban homestead in-the-making. Hopefully they will be supplying me with eggs starting in July. They are now about 5 weeks old, but in this picture they are more like 3 or 3 1/2 weeks old.
I'm excited that spring is almost (almost!) here. I've got my three raised beds composted and ready for seeds, all my seeds are purchased, a few are started indoors. I just need the stars to align and give me a weekend day where it's not dumping rain or blowing wind for a few minutes, so I can get my early seeds planted! I have visions of an idyllic garden, where crops burst with vitality and color from the raised beds, pumpkins sprawl lazily on their vines, and the berry bushes are full of juicy, ripe berries for months on end.
We'll see how it turns out. I realize that this is quite possibly a daydream.
The chickens should have a coop up in the sideyard in a week or so. They are getting feathered out and are almost ready to be "hardened off" to the reality of living outside. Yay! They were all cute and fluffy in that picture above, here they are now:
Oh, what a difference ten days can make. They grow up so fast.
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