Chicks Explore the Big World

Chanteclair Chicks Hatching

The Chanteclair eggs started hatching on July 25th and continued on the 26th. As I upload this video 5 of the original 8 eggs have hatched and the little bantam is still sitting on a couple of eggs. I will remove the remaining eggs on the 27th if they haven't hatched. I'm curious as to why there are two colours of chicks 2 are a definite yellow and three are a very light yellow almost white. It will be interesting to see if this is an indication of gender.

What is it.... ???

Lucky Flew the Coop

Lucky has been living in a small coop for several weeks now because he was bullying his father Prince Leah. Just the nature of the beast if there are two roosters in the same coop they will spar until one is triumphant and becomes the dominate rooster,leader of the pack. The problem here was the difference in size Lucky is a large full size bird and Leah is a bantam. I have advertised Lucky as free to a good home on Kijiji two weeks ago and today he moved to his new home in Rowley New Brunswick. He is now living with a young family with two young boys who were very happy to see lucky. There is already a rooster, Lucky's size, in the flock but I'm confident that they will sort out the pecking order in the first few days if there is an real issues the family does have a second coop with a flock of younger birds and Lucky could be moved in there.

July 19th in the hoop house

2013 Plant List

1. Onion Red Zeppelin
2. Okra Jambalaya
3. Pepper Hot Hungarian Wax
4. Pepper King Arthur
5. Geranium Bullseye Mix Pelargonium hortorum
6. Pepper Aji Dulce
7. Pepper Shi Shito
8. Tomato Mountain Merit
9. Tomato Roma VF
10. Tomato Yellow Multiflora (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
11. Tomatillo (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
12. Mustard Southern Giant Curled
13. Mustard Dragons Tongue
14. Mustard Red Giant
15. Lettuce New Red Fire
16. Broccoli Gypsy
17. Collards Flash
18. Cabbage Bronco
19. Cauliflower Fremont
20. Kohlrabi Kossak
21. Peas Dwarf Sabre
22. Daikon Radish April Cross
23. Sweet Peas Old Spice
24. Summer Savory
25. Cucumber Rocky
26. Parsley Forest Green
27. Sage
28. White Wonder Cucumber (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
29. Buttercrunch Lettuce (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
30. Heshiko Green Onion (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
31. Beets Merlin
32. Summer Squash -- Elegance
33. Winter Squash -- Sweet Mama
34. Calendula -- Fiesta Gitana Mix
35. Garlic Susan Delafield
36. Potatoes Yukon Gold & Cara
37. Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant
38. Rutabaga -- York
39. Cucumber -- Calypso
40. Pole Beans -- Blue Lake
41. Lima Beans- Fordhook
42. Common Comfrey

Walk Around the Outside Garden

2013 Plant List

1. Onion Red Zeppelin
2. Okra Jambalaya
3. Pepper Hot Hungarian Wax
4. Pepper King Arthur
5. Geranium Bullseye Mix Pelargonium hortorum
6. Pepper Aji Dulce
7. Pepper Shi Shito
8. Tomato Mountain Merit
9. Tomato Roma VF
10. Tomato Yellow Multiflora (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
11. Tomatillo (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
12. Mustard Southern Giant Curled
13. Mustard Dragons Tongue
14. Mustard Red Giant
15. Lettuce New Red Fire
16. Broccoli Gypsy
17. Collards Flash
18. Cabbage Bronco
19. Cauliflower Fremont
20. Kohlrabi Kossak
21. Peas Dwarf Sabre
22. Daikon Radish April Cross
23. Sweet Peas Old Spice
24. Summer Savory
25. Cucumber Rocky
26. Parsley Forest Green
27. Sage
28. White Wonder Cucumber (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
29. Buttercrunch Lettuce (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
30. Heshiko Green Onion (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
31. Beets Merlin
32. Summer Squash -- Elegance
33. Winter Squash -- Sweet Mama
34. Calendula -- Fiesta Gitana Mix
35. Garlic Susan Delafield
36. Potatoes Yukon Gold & Cara
37. Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant
38. Rutabaga -- York
39. Cucumber -- Calypso
40. Pole Beans -- Blue Lake
41. Lima Beans- Fordhook
42. Common Comfrey

Gardening in the Heat Wave

2013 Plant List 1. Onion Red Zeppelin 2. Okra Jambalaya 3. Pepper Hot Hungarian Wax 4. Pepper King Arthur 5. Geranium Bullseye Mix Pelargonium hortorum 6. Pepper Aji Dulce 7. Pepper Shi Shito 8. Tomato Mountain Merit 9. Tomato Roma VF 10. Tomato Yellow Multiflora (Free seed from Praxxus55712) 11. Tomatillo (Free seed from Praxxus55712) 12. Mustard Southern Giant Curled 13. Mustard Dragons Tongue 14. Mustard Red Giant 15. Lettuce New Red Fire 16. Broccoli Gypsy 17. Collards Flash 18. Cabbage Bronco 19. Cauliflower Fremont 20. Kohlrabi Kossak 21. Peas Dwarf Sabre 22. Daikon Radish April Cross 23. Sweet Peas Old Spice 24. Summer Savory 25. Cucumber Rocky 26. Parsley Forest Green 27. Sage 28. White Wonder Cucumber (Free seed from Praxxus55712) 29. Buttercrunch Lettuce (Free seed from Praxxus55712) 30. Heshiko Green Onion (Free seed from Praxxus55712) 31. Beets Merlin 32. Summer Squash -- Elegance 33. Winter Squash -- Sweet Mama 34. Calendula -- Fiesta Gitana Mix 35. Garlic Susan Delafield 36. Potatoes Yukon Gold & Cara 37. Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant 38. Rutabaga -- York 39. Cucumber -- Calypso 40. Pole Beans -- Blue Lake 41. Lima Beans- Fordhook 42. Common Comfrey

Ross Farm Museum, New Ross, NS

Just back from a short holiday in Nova Scotia. I visited the Ross Farm Museum in New Ross, Nova Scotia. This has been on my to do list for a few years now and I'm so glad I was able to make the trip this summer. Shortly after I arrived I met Walter, cooper68ns, a youTube friend. Walter works at the farm and as his Channel name indicates he is a cooper at least that is one of the many things he does at the farm. I have been looking for a source for Chantecler hatching eggs, the only Canadian registered chicken breed, they have a small flock of them at the farm and Walter gave me a dozen eggs. I have a broody bantam hen and the last clip on this video is the little bantam settling in to brood the eggs.

A link to Walter's cannel: http://www.youtube.com/user/cooper68ns

A link to the Ross Farm Museum website: http://museum.gov.ns.ca/rfm/en/home/default.aspx

A link to the history of the Chantecler breed; http://www.cfagrf.com/Chantecler_chicken.htm

Canada Day in Memramcook