Sunday, May 31, 2015

May 31

May 31
1 white, 1 brown + 1 brown cannibalized
May 30
1 white, 3 brown, 1 green.

Chicks arrived on May 28. Bought 50# organic chick start.
May 31 Bought 50# organic scratch, bale of wood shaving bedding.

Chicks will be in brooder until June 18 or so.

It appears that production is coming back. between May 5 and 30 egg production varied from 0 to 2 eggs per day. The 5 egg day followed by a 3 egg day suggests that production is back.

One Rhode Island Red died - she had been having difficulty moving prior to her death.
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