We added another six layers to our flock (we are caring for the chickens of some friends, it may be temporary or permanent). Now we are getting 11 eggs a day. Sometimes it seems as though the chickens will never start earning their feed.
Our new chicks have now reached 1 week old. We have now lost a total of six chicks. This is by far the worst loss we have yet to experience. Ideal Poultry was very friendly and quick to refund the price of the first four chicks. The other two died later (of unknown causes) and I have not sought any reimbursement for those chicks. We have only lost Buff Cornish and Red Broiler chicks. All of the Dark Cornish have survived and appear to be much more vigorous than the others.
In recent days we have been trying to finish up a fenced area for our goats. We are due to pick them up (a nanny goat and a billy goat) by the end of August. Not knowing much about goats this will be somewhat of an experiment. We are planning on raising the goats for milk primarily and possibly for meat (depending on the offspring). More or our goat plans after we get them situated.
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