Chickens

I haven't posted about the chickens lately so I thought I'd give an update. We are still thinking they are both hens, yay! They will hopefully start laying eggs in July or August when they are about 6 months old. They have at least doubled in size since we got them, they are called "barred rock" chickens and are rather beautiful as far as chickens go. I think we are going to fence off part of the yard for them because Maggie likes to go mess with them and get them all worked up by running circles around the coop and barking at them. This will keep Maggie away from the coop and out of our vegetable garden since she likes to eat our tomatoes and pea pods off the vines. This will also allow the chickens to get out of the coop and wander part of the yard, so we can say we have brown organic free range eggs, LOL. The chickens are starting to develop personalities and a pecking order has been established. Linda "the bitchy one" is the alpha female of the coop. She is the dominant one that bosses Betty around and frankly I'm a little scared of her. Linda is an early bloomer her face has turned red and developed much more than Betty (the late bloomer). Betty is sweet and scared of everything, she runs and hides if a loud car drives by.

 Linda

 Betty

Our bumper spinach and broccoli crops

Few pictures of our new white trim, LOVE!