We've added some new members to our "family"...
I ordered some new pullets for this spring, and I got the call last week that they were ready to be picked up. Thirty, sixteen -week-old Red Sex Links have come to live with us...
For the first week, they hung out in the shed all day long. I went in to their pen every day...to feed them of course...and they gradually got used to seeing me around. Now when they see me, they come running! (maybe my coveralls say "she's got food!" on them)
The past few days, they've been spending a lot more time outside, getting used to their surroundings...and getting used to the dog. Do you see Murphy laying in the garden just on the other side of the fence?
They enjoy taking dust baths in the holes that the previous "tenants" made in the dirt...
After the "new" girls have adjusted even better to their new home, I'll put the old and young chickens together in the large pen. The "old" girls are beginning to lay again, now that the daylight hours are lengthening. I was pleased to find nine eggs from twelve chickens one day this week!
On Sunday, Jenna found the first pullet egg, a tiny double yolker! Today I found two more...
They are so tiny compared to the much larger eggs that were laid by my old Barred Rock hens, and look at the difference in their colors. It won't take long until their eggs are as big as...if not bigger than...the others.
I won't sell them until they're bigger, so until then, we'll likely be eating lots of scrambled eggs!
