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Our expanded garden entails a bit more effort to keep the weeds under control. As result, I spent a significant portion of this afternoon on my hands and knees digging in the dirt pulling weeds. I collected a big bucketful of greens to treat the hens, which they will use as nutrients for their summer golden-yolk eggs. I consider it a good trade off for my the time and effort.
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While I was out taking pictures of the chickens I wandered off to our other coop where we are raising our three pullets that I hatched in my kindergarten classroom this past Spring. It is fun to see them grow and change! Soon they will be graduating off of their chick-starter food and eating layer mash just like our more mature hens and ready to jump in and establish their pecking order in the flock.