Ridgetop Farm and Garden | 2016 Update | Week 37

This week it’s all about the chicks we hatched over the summer.

• The one lone black copper marans chick. (top left)
• Olive Egger – Black Copper Marans x Olive Egger (top middle)
• Barnyard Mix – Rhode Island Red x Olive Egger (top right)
• Olive Eggers – Black Copper Marans x Olive Egger (middle right)
• Cream Legbar – hatched last week (bottom right)

• Many of the chicks have the featheriest shanks I’ve ever seen. For the first time, a couple of the buff colored chickens have feathered shanks.

• This hungry cooper’s hawk thought he’d get his lunch from our yard. Thankfully, that didn’t work out for him. He did, though, grab a chick that was free ranging right in front of Farm Kid2 and I. It happened so quickly, but Farm Kid2 scared him off and he let the chick go.

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | 2016 Update | Week 37