V-Day

We had a very unique Valentine's Day celebration.  We spent the evening trapping and printing beach mice.  It was very cold and wet, but fun to be together none the less.  I did, however, find the time to make some sweet treats to share :o)  I made marshmallows in various shades to pink.  See below.

Chickens?

That's right!  We are back in the chicken business.  We have started a new flock of backyard chickens.  We've been thinking about getting chickens since we parted ways with our sweet girls and roo, Gudrun and Josephine and Rooster, about a year ago.  Well, we finally took the plunge...head first!  Jim has come home with 37 baby chicks!!!  We are planning on keeping one of each breed at the house and taking the rest up to the farm in Marianna.  We currently have Crele bantams, Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons, Golden Comets, and a mix of Red pullets.  That's going to leave us with 5 hens at the house.  To accommodate all of these girls, we built a chicken palace, complete with attached run and self-filling water!  We can't wait to have healthy, organic eggs only a few steps away!  Here's to a healthy flock!