Spring is rapidly approaching and this is a time for planning for new chicks. We will be getting some more Welsummers and since they take a bit longer to mature, we are getting them in mid-March. A month later, in mid-April, we will pick up some Cornish Cross for meat purposes.
We will try to sell some of the older hens in the summer, around July so that we can ensure that there's room for the new Welsummers who should be ready to start laying in September while our remaining hens are moulting. The Cornish Cross mature more quickly, so getting them in April should not be a problem as we transition the Welsummers into their own coop.
We have plenty of coops for any new chicks, so we will not need to scramble this year, like we have needed to in the past. Whew!
