We had some babies this week and it wasn’t the waterfowl.\u00a0 Idunn has some Silkie and bantam Wyandotte chickens and they usually get short changed on the blog.\u00a0 Several weeks ago some of the hens started to sit on a clutch and today they hatched!\u00a0 Idunn is excited as the babies are the first hatch from chickens on the farm.\u00a0 The two Silkie mothers shared one nest and maintained an “alternative lifestyle” not often seen in southern Seneca county.<\/p>\n
Jack the rooster has always asked for a shout out, so here goes……..<\/p>\n
Yes, we still love ducks.\u00a0 Shannon and Idunn helped the local students set up an incubator in their classroom with our duck eggs.\u00a0 They took a few newly hatched ducks to visit the class that day, so the kids could see some cuties to quote Idunn.\u00a0 If the eggs hatch in 28 days the kids will raise them for a couple weeks and than they will move to our orchard.<\/p>\n
Oh, and the crew planted trees, hardy kiwi, raspberries and assorted seeds during the dry window, we had the first week of April.\u00a0 The orchard is the main focus on the farm and this year looks good so far.\u00a0 The pears are in swollen bud, apples in silver tip and the black currants will soon flower.\u00a0 After 2012’s spring we feel cautiously optimistic for fruit farmers!<\/p>\n\n\t\t