Thursday, March 22, 2012

Chicken and Garden Update


Any time you stress hens by doing something like moving them, they are liable to go into a molt and quit laying eggs.  The hens haven't laid an egg since they've been here, but I expect they will sometime in the next 2 months.  They continue to reliably put themselves up in the hen house at dusk.  All, but one have gotten the idea that roosting in the nest boxes is a bad idea.  I continue to pick up and move her out of the boxes and onto a roosting bar each evening.  She'll get the idea.


The radishes are coming up nicely.  We've had beautiful weather in the mid 70s.


True to form, the cilantro is doing just fine after separating store bought starts.


The onions are poking their bright green heads up.