Spring Projects

Spring has sprung in Davis. The sunshine and 75 degree weather sent us outside, to work on some of our garden projects and yard work. Two of our accomplishments this week included building a 4 x 4 compost bin using recycled wood pallets, and getting our first batch of chicks. We are hoping to build a coop in the coming weeks, and look forward to having chickens, fertilizer, pest control, and our own eggs by the end of summer.

Here is a picture of one of the chicks next to an egg, for size comparison. She hatched from her own egg just two days ago.

These are our little ladies... we hope. The chickens are pre-sexed, so 95% of them should be hens. We picked up a total of four chicks from one of our favorite stores- Higby's Feed, in the neighboring town of Dixon. The little yellow ones are Buff Orpingtons, and the black and white ones are Barred Plymouth Rocks. Someday they should look like this....



Buff Orpington

Barred Plymouth Rock

Here is our compost bin- still under construction. It has now been completed and is in use. It is also completely lined with chicken wire, and has a lid. We salvaged the wood pallets from the alleyways of Davis. The only cost was about $7 worth of chicken wire. We are really excited to decrease our household waste and create some beautiful compost for our garden.