WEEK #15: Getting ready for spring chickens

We ordered our chicks from the TSC store this week, so Aaron quickly whipped up a brooding box with left over plywood from the chicken coop, plus a few 2 by 4s ripped in half along their length.  We picked up a heatbulb sheild plus sheet metel from Marianne's Dad (not seen in the photo below), and we bought a chick waterer and feeder at TSC store.  We get the chicks on April 16th.  We are so excited!  Our original plan was to have the chickens lay eggs and then kill them for meat in the fall, however we now learned that Rhode Island Reds don't start laying eggs for another 4 months.  Looks like we will now be keeping them over the winter.

Aaron also placed roosts in the chicken coop.  The last thing to build for the coop now is a ramp to the door.

Meanwhile in propegation, the cabbage is growing beautifully and our long awaited peppers have finally made an appearnace as well.