Did we mention in a previous blog that we got about 30 meat chicks from Murray McMurray Hatchery? (and yes, that really is their name). Well that was about 3 months ago and know those cute chicks are big and in my opinion, eating us out of house and home. Literally, they eat non-stop. I guess that's what happens when you get meat birds, they are bred to pack on the pounds.
We also hatched out eggs from our late rooster, Doodle-do, about 10 or so. And if that wasn't enough, just last week we bought 14 fertilized Maran eggs to put under another hen. So in about 2 more weeks we will have 14 more. Which means by the end of July we will have approx. 60+ chickens, of which about half are roosters and just learning to crow.
To complicate matters, I just saw a moving truck at our neighbors. Uh-oh....Maybe we should bring them a chicken dinner....
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