Friday, March 10, 2006

The plan

I have been out all morning working. Anyone that reads the link on my page that says allotment lady will know that this lady is very saving and make do person I got to thinking while I was out doing a general clean up, it is a waste of money for me to buy banties from a hatchery when I have 9 banty hens that will set at least once maybe twice this year even think some of my Rock hens are acting like they might like to raise babies. So I fixed a small shelter in my new pen with a roost and turned over a large garbage plastic can that we don't use any more, because the lid gave way,for a nesting place . I am going to put my heavy hens and rooster in there for the summer . I will keep the old pen for my banties because I HAVE WORKED TWO YEARS TO STOP ANY HOLES THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE TO GET out I will use the house for setting hens because they like a dark place, and my banties that are not setting can stay in my old pen. I will have to give them a roost and shelter but wont be to hard because they are so Small. I can raise banties chickens and heavies chickens also, if I keep the roosters in the pen where their kind lives.so I have plans. This is what I like about spring. The weather is nice and I can be out planning for the coming days.When we can not plan for the days to come we get to thinking maybe there are no days to come.This is why I have planted onion sets in my garden. could buy them as cheap but I can watch these grow and bring them in as I need them.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi Patsy

Wonderful to see your blog back up and running.

And to hear your plans. Some of me is rubbing off on you then huh?

Do you think that my banties and hybrids will be all right together? I see that you are keeping yours seperate - is that because of the numbers you have or because they don't mix.

It was lovely to read that Spring has arrived where you are and your are putting your onions sets in.

We had a couple of days of 'wet'spring, and now we are back to hard frosts and snow is heading our way! Hope that it skips here!

I will have to go to bed soon - it is coming up to the witching hour and have to be up around 5am to sort the chooks out.