our growing (and shrinking) flock

Right now we have three different groups of chickens around High Meadow Lane - our layers, a small group of cornish x, and a much larger group of "colored range chicks".

The layers have been with us for the better part of a year - but last week we suffered our first casualty. It appears that a weasel (or close relative thereto) got in the fenced pasture we have set up for the ladies while we were at work. Fortunately (knock-on-wood) the offending creature has not been back since. We have also set out some traps, just in case.

The cornish x, which I have posted photos of previously, are now about five weeks old - and should be ready to "harvest" at the end of the month. As you can see, they have spent the past few weeks working long and hard at getting fat, ugly, and perhaps less-obviously delicious.















The colored range chicks were hatched on April 22, and are a slower growing meat bird. We hope to have them outside within the next couple of weeks.