I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for the kindness and support that has been shown to me over the last several years. Following this season, I will be cutting back on the number of birds and varieties I am working with. I will continue to maintain a small flock of a few varieties for personal enjoyment, but will no longer be as active during chick season. Rather than taking on a seasons worth of orders, hatching eggs and chicks will be sold as they become available. I felt the need to make a general post because I have had a number of folks reach out to me regarding the 2019 chick season. I have been diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum during my current pregnancy, as well as ongoing thyroid issues, and am also helping provide care for my father who experienced a second stroke. I would like to take time to focus on God, family, and my health. Chick season requires quite a bit of time and energy. I am sure our 7 year old twins, our 3 year old, and our new addition in early October will keep me on my toes.
I have experienced some egg laying and hatching issues recently. We started the season off strong initially and had an abundance of eggs and chicks and then things slacked off a bit. Unfortunately the weather hasn’t helped much, as we have had temps below freezing several weeks in March, which is unseasonably cool for here, and then temperature fluxes from the 70s one week back to below freezing the next week. We had snow falling in April which is rare! I think we are going to go straight from winter to summer this year. LOL
I will continue to work my way through our order list and will fill the remaining orders on our books this year. I do not plan to show during the 2018 year since we are due in early October, but hopefully I’ll hop back in the show ring in 2019.