chick update

They are groing so fast and eating more and more everyday :) they new chick just hatched is only half the size poor thing but isnt getting bullied and doing well .

Work started on the new run to fit onto this one at the bottom its 6 meters by 2 meters ,I have had no option but to build this as My chickens have got smart and find all kinds of ways to get out of my only falling down fence and go to work on my veg plot :( thus the lack of outside pics of my this years crop :)

6 hatched in the end But sadly 2 died within 3 days :( the rest are doing well and starting to learn to fly already

1st hen hatched last night and is enjoying his 1st day of life drinking and eating :D Some of the other eggs started to move and i think i heard a chirp .still no holes yet on the others

Il be planting out today my 2nd lot of mix salad plants , Just hope the slugs dont get this lot :(

The bran and botts here are working on the cabs/peas

6 Bantam ARAUCANAS and 6 MARANS went into 1st incubator today at 12 The 5 light essex are 5 days old now and from candleing them seem to be growing well

1st egg from batch 1 just piped at 19 days 20 hours Its still working its way out :) I hope it makes it .Im not sure if any more will make it due to bad temp changes at the start and the bad turning of eggs intill i got my new auto egg turnin incubator

100 onions 20 garlics have all started to come to life :) keeping the chickens from getting them seems the hardest part ..

The greenhouse is slowing getting full with peas,toms,cabs,lets,corn,spin,goses,chilles

Greens are doing well will be netting tomorrow not just to keep the chickens off :)

Ice lettace i repotted last week is just picking up aswell as the spinach ( not in shot ) seem to be forever repotting at the moment

My 1st of the year sowed outside pea just come up :) Il be planting the greenhouse ones with them sometime next week.On the 26th i got my eggs in ,Black Red / Black Araucanas & French Copper Black Marans Not that confident in this home made incubator as 3 different thermometer are giving 3 different readings Iv chosen to go with the normal mercury thermometer for my readings.
2 pounds china made elec one gives 41c .
not so cheap elec Innovation outside moniter one gives 38c
and the standed merc one showing 37c

Now the 8th of march I have gone and got a new incubator to try again in fear that this hasnt worked and will be getting new eggs next week .

Rain rain rain...

Been pritty poor for working outside the last few days .Still got working on my strawberry patch ,Taking runners off picking leafs off etc.. This will be my 3rd last year for the main plants And will be replaced by there runner plants once croped .

Indoors My seeds are slowly coming to

life :)Some or laggy (As expected) So
to try combat this if added a
SAD lamp ie grow lamp . the laggy plants here are
iceberg lettuces and some toms , Im not worred about the toms so much as il reroot them later .

4 of the 6 Dorset naga chilli's have germinated and Thats fine for me Il only be growing 2 plants maybe 3 one as a backup .
Just growing this for a bit of fun really :) I found out about them from HERE and found this Video on youtube Here

Not all the plants have gone laggy Im pleased to say , my potato leaf type tomatoes are doing great :P they are called Tamina ,Id recommend this type as you get a tasty Mid to large fruit With the added bonus of less sideshooting :P

Starting this year's crop

Trimed back herb bed And got rest of this area rdy for more herbs this year.

Dug/weeded/feed this area for spuds. Il be planting as soon as they have chitted

Got most of my beds weeded/dug/feed and almost rdy for planting. Also 200 onion sets are now out

This year iv going into breeding chickens so this is my 1st go at a diy incubator Im just running tests on this one atm just to make sure the temp/humidity are stable at 37.5 and 55%.Il be getting my eggs in somtime in feb.

Just the 1st seeds sowed this year.