Yea! I have laying hens again! It's been 3 years since an egg has been layed in our coop, and I've missed it! Very quickly, Dan built three hole nesting box, I found a family selling Rhode Island Reds in Granville and Saturday I went and picked up six layers. They probably think they won the lottery: now having so much space and so little competition and especially, no rooster to bother them (yet!). Dan found one egg layed on the floor of the coop this morning and when Abigail and I got home this evening, we found one in the nesting box. I anticipate 3-4 eggs a day, once they have adjusted to their new surroundings.
Lots of snow still piled up. Maybe two feet total? It's still pretty. I'd be OK with it if we just didn't get anymore...
Excited for spring. We've had a few mild days. Time to look at seed catalogues~
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