More chicks!  Oh, yes!  The hen who has been setting on a clutch of eggs out by the shop hatched out 9 chicks!  That was just one day after my last order came from Murray McMurray Hatchery!  I ordered 40 more birds!  The answer to your question is yes.  I have lost my mind!  I panicked a while back and was afraid I might not have enough roasters!    Imagine that!  I almost cancelled my order, but I knew I could get rid of them.  The same woman who bought my last batch of turkey poults bought the 15 meat birds.  That left me with 25 assorted brown egg layers.  I know I can sell those as ready-to-lay pullets down the road a bit.

So the family who bought my turkeys and chicks run an appliance repair business.  Guess who's coming today?!  Yes, my washer broke!  Let that be a lesson to me next year.  Never sell poultry to an appliance repairman's wife! 

Here's the proud Barred Rock hen and her brood.

On another note, the mosquitos have landed!  We have been invaded by them.  My poor sheep and goats have just been attacked.  If any of you have suggestions, please chime in.  I have ordered some stuff called Garlic Barrier.  I am hoping it arrives today.  The barn was just "alive" with the noise of mosquitos last night.  Poor animals.  I sprayed the goats down with white vinegar.  They weren't impressed, but I am hoping it helped them.

I have been thinking of Tasha Tudor all week.  It's been a year since I visited her garden.  More on that to come.