It’s that time again. Let’s start with the chickens.

Martha in a pot in the veggie garden:

The chickens running to see me when I went into the veggie garden:

All four new chickens are laying; here are their eggs in a nesting box:

Recently collected eggs — including a blue/green one from the old girls, the first of that color for many weeks:

New chickens in their coop:

Laying an egg on the floor, instead of in a nesting box:

Lola, the introverted chicken; she often hangs out by herself:

Merida, the extrovert, friendliest chicken; not looking quite so scruffy as before, though still not fully feathered:

I needed to change the batteries in the old coop pop door opener:

A peek of the ducks on the ramp, through their house, while I was refilling their food:

An assortment of pictures of the ducks on the pond: