I have neglected to post pictures of the tomatoes with all the talk of chickens and wine, so let’s just say that they grew a lot. Mostly up, unfortunately. I know for next year that proper lighting [http://newlyplanted.
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30 bottles of wine on the wall
It’s been three weeks [http://newlyplanted.blogspot.com/2009/05/in-vino-veritas.html] Using a manual corker is a surprisingly good workout! Who would have thought that squeezing a cork into a bottle would require so much pressure. The wine
My harbinger of doom
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/36013428@N08/3601494297/] It seems only a matter of time before one chicken escapes from the pen in the basement. Luckily there is nowhere to go, nor anything to hurt her, but it seems inevitable.
Chicks after ten days
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/36013428@N08/3594557931/] They are growing like crazy! And definitely eating loads. I’ve continued to give them fresh-cut grass/flowers and gravel; they always love that and gobble it up immediately. No worms yet,
I can now steal gas
The instruction sheet reads: “…. check the specific gravity. It should be 1.010 or less”. The hydrometer bobbing away inside the tub was just at that mark yesterday, so I figured to be on the safe side I would let
Time for some real food, too
Chickens need (mostly) grain/seeds to live, but up to 20% of their nutrients can (and should) come from live food. It’s still too cold to let them venture outside, so I brought in some cut grass and flowers
48 hours, 36 chicks
Things I have learned in the first two days: * You will immediately learn the difference between happy chirping/tweeting and annoyed/unhappy/etc. * They (seem to) have absolutely no regard for each other! They will happily walk over another chick
You do have to leave the red light on
The chicks are here! [http://www.flickr.com/photos/36013428@N08/3566021701/] They fit all of them in half the box. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/36013428@N08/3566025297/] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/36013428@N08/3566036175/] First one in
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