It isn't spring-time, the usual time to be raising chicks but since we lost so many of our chickens we decided to go ahead and get another bunch going now. We won't be getting eggs from them until about March or April, but we will feel better knowing eggs are on the way.
Our batches that we raised this summer will start laying anytime now and hopefully we can get by mostly on their eggs. We just integrated all 3 of the mini-flocks we raised in with our older layers so that all four flocks are locked into the main coop for the next week to get their pecking order all sorted out. We waited for the cold nights and the cooler days before shutting them in and began getting them acquainted by feeding them all in the barnyard together. We have taught them to come when we call, "Oh, look look look loooo-ooook!" It is such a funny sight! :)
Even more amusing to me is that one day I asked Molly to call everybody in for lunch and Samuel was with her. They stepped out the door and Samuel began calling, "Oh, look look looo-ooook! Everybody, time for lu-unch!"
