Lavender English Orpington Chicks!

Guys, I was so happy when I woke up to these new chunky, healthy babies! They are self blue/lavender English Orpingtons. I ordered the hatching eggs from Carolina Rare Chicks. They sent 15, 14 started developing, 12 made it to lockdown and so far I have 10. That's an amazing hatch rate for shipped eggs. There are 9 lavender and one black split to lavender baby. Their line is from birds that were directly imported from the UK. It will be fun watching them grow!

https://www.carolinararechicks.net/lavender-orpington

Covid 19 Fallout

What a mess, eh? This year has been chaotic and filled with uncertainty. Shortages, shutdowns, job loss, children getting behind in school. There's much speculation among homesteaders and "preppers" that we will be putting our skills to good use..canning, stocking up on food, meds and other supplies. A healthy dose of faith in the Lord is the most important thing to have a lot of these days. Now we're seeing riots and war drums of civil war, especially concerning what happens in this election. I'm not gonna preach to you all, but I do believe we're living in the endtimes. And if I'm right, there's much worse yet to come. Chick fever has spread like wildfire. Food insecurity has people scrambling to raise at least part of their own food. If anything good has come out of this so far, returning to some of the old ways and the common sense of our grandparents and those before them is a welcome sight.

Hope you all are hanging in there and staying well, and if we have to wear masks..hey, we can at least do it our way lol!

Cheryl

English Jubilee Orpington Growouts

Run Ideas..

Someone finally sat too hard on the porch swing, so I thought the Cochins would enjoy it..and some herbs to snack on as well.

Kenny Trioano - Breeding Methods

Excellent and interesting information about different breeding Methods and the pros and cons of each one.

Hot Summer Day

Looks VS Sustainability

Only one of my Jubilee girls has went broody and stayed committed. Another was "clucky" for a few days then quit. The new momma is my smallest hen. We call her Itty Bitty. Most would kick her out of their breeding program since she's a little smaller than the others, but I'm interested in keeping good traits in my birds just as much as I am in correct type. Temperament, being good mother's/Father's, protectors, layers..all as important as having the right "looks."