Jam

So far I have made jam from 6 pounds of strawberries, and 4 pounds of blueberries.  I did the low sugar pectin, with the highest amount of sugar recommended for both fruits.  I have tasted the blueberries and the taste and consistency seems right.  I have not tasted the strawberry yet.

New chicks

We had four new chicks hatch out under a cochin hen, three lived, one was a late hatching, so we have had to keep putting it with the mom, but she seems to have accepted him.

Two chicks hatched to the Sussex and other cochin hen that are in the barn.  The Sussex seems to be pecking them as they hatch out, and they both died.  We will have to keep her out.

Sick Chickens

We have had to cull 5 birds from the flock, I am pretty sure they have Infectious Coryza .  Their eyes have been swollen shut.  The vaccinations cost $50 a time, and the birds are carriers for life, so we aren't treating.

Unfortunately it means we are out of roosters that are big, so we had to order some more, to hopefully grow up for next spring.