But we wait and console ourselves by doing valuable research while Ren Man finishes his PhD.
I keep tormenting him by telling him that it will take at least 3 years (and I really think it will); he's insisting 2... maybe even 1.5 (he only says that when he's really desperate to prove that he can do it quickly- I think it's impossible for him to finish in 1.5, I'll be surprised if it only takes 2 years...)
Ren Man has re-seeded the backyard (while I'm at work and he can't work on his school work)...
...and he's planted our seed potatos that we got at this fabulous farm called, White Barn Farm in Wrentham, MA. They are all organic heirloom potatos so I'm really excited about them- we even got a variety that is blue!
And the chickens... that's what you really wanted to see, right?
We think Squawk is a rooster.... s/he has been the loudest (thus the name) from the start and now s/he has the largest comb going on. Time will tell. We debated (ahem) culling it now but we assume there will be others too.
Here is Picky. S/he is feathering out the fastest. We were worried that we wouldn't be able to tell Picky and Lulu apart (the two reds) once they had feathers. As chicks Lulu is lighter... as they feather it seems that Lulu's feathers will be lighter.
Once again these pictures are about a week overdue. Picky has started getting feathers on her/his head! S/he is by far the fastest feather-er.
We've been researching chickens obsessively. I think if any of ours go broody (not that likely) I'd like to order some "Easter Eggers"- they produce blue to green eggs. If that doesn't happen this year we plan to add one or more Easter Eggers and Silver Laced Wyandotte. I told you we're chicken researching like crazy!
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