Frostbite
Four new baby chicks will be coming to the farm this spring. By the end of the summer, these new girls should be laying eggs alongside our other hens. Hens lay eggs. Roosters don’t. I was careful to repeat my request several times to the gentleman that was taking my order: “all females…two of each.” This time, I chose a hatchery out of Ohio as the birthplace of my chickens. It didn’t seem to be much of a factor at the time, but last year, when I picked up my “reserved pul