This round of hatching is done. It was not what I would call a successful hatch, but we do have three adorable little chicks from it. I will need to go back and have a look at my incubator to find out why the egg turner wasn’t working as it should. Other than that, this was our first time hatching chicken eggs so I will call it a learning curve. I am not sure if we will try again with more Swedish Flower eggs, since we have access to them, or just stick with what we have for now.

In total, we ended up with nine chicks. We purchased six from the store and three we hatched on our own. That will be plenty of chickens to keep our family of four in eggs. However, we do have friends who would like eggs in the future so, maybe we will stick with the chicks we have for now and if needed add a few adults later.

For now, I am thrilled with what we have and can’t wait to watch them grow. I do have one Welsummer chick that I am very curious to see if it may be a rooster. They are all supposed to be female but sometimes even the hatcheries make a mistake and honestly, I really want a Welsummer rooster so fingers crossed!

Moving day will be here soon

Moving day is next Friday! We don’t have to be out of our current house quickly so we plan to take our time, but we get the keys to our new place in 5 days. I can almost not even wrap my brain around all the possibilities we have. I have been looking forward to putting roots down for so long now and having a place to really settle into. There are silly things that I haven’t been able to do until now. Things like berry patches, an orchard, things that take years to really get going. I think the hardest part will be having patience and not trying to make it all happen at once. When you’ve been dreaming about something for so long it’s hard to rein it back in and take it slow. Friday is the beginning and I feel so very lucky to be making this move.