The Chicks have arrived!

Our Australorp Chicks have arrived today! It was pretty exciting to go to the post office first thing in the morning and pick them up. As this is our first major step toward sustainability it was both exhilarating and daunting. Watch the video below to see the major moments of our first day of raising chickens. So far all 15 are alive, hopefully it will stay that way! For more in-depth information about the Australorp chicken breed, Wikipedia has an entry here. Basically the England Orpington Chicken was brought to Australia and cross breed with several other breeds to create a hardy …

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