We now are the proud parents of four Rhode Island Red hybrid pullets courtesy of Rufus Martin (who's farm is down by the battlefield). They are still in a bit of a cultural shock, being taken today from a flock of several hundred free range birds, crammed into a crate, driven down Sharpsburg pike in the back of an open truck, and then plopped down into a chicken tractor; all on a cold rainy day. Not to mention all of the sounds of being close to a major state road. Rufus' farm is on the back side of the battlefield and the quintessential bucolic country farm. Hopefully some old strawberries and some mixed grain will help ease them into our backyard hobby farm experiment.
These ladies were hatched out in mid-December and apparently are starting to lay. It will be interesting to see when we get the first egg.
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