I will soon be going out to the barn with my daughter Catherine to finish the new nesting boxes that we have been working upon.

Our flock has been growing and growing since Catherine and Paul have discovered that if you put eggs under a broody hen in about 21 days they turn into cute little chicks. So far they have hatched 19 chicks with more to come.

We have eight new ones in the water trough, minus the water, and we are going to let them out with their hen soon. We used absolutely no heat lamps with these 8 chicks. The mom keeps them warm, and it was 35 degreess this morning.

We are crossing Golden Laced Wyandottes with Buff Orpingtons. So far we have had very nice results.