Hippychick's Gardens

Here are the updated available baby chicken pullet girls by breed - most babies are at four weeks old.  i was able to pick up a few welsummers, ameraucanas and marans last minute - they are at two weeks of age.

i will not release the girls until they are at least five to seven weeks of age.  this ensures that they are indeed girlygirls and that they have made it through their largest growth spirt in good health.

if you are interested in reserving one of the girls - contact me at hippychickenfarmer@gmail.com.  a deposit may be required.

* speckled sussex - developed in the county of sussex in the early 19th century. layer of creamy to light brown eggs - 5 babies ( 2 claimed - 3 available)

* dominique - developed in new england in early 19th century. not distinguished from the barred rock until apa standards were developed. most modern dominques may be traced to stock developed by a. q. carter after 1900. layer of brown eggs. - 3 babies   (2 claimed - 1 available)

* appenzeller spitzhauben - developed in switzerland centuries ago. layer of white eggs. - 5 babies   ( 1 claimed - 4 available)

* golden laced wyandotte - developed in new york state and wisconsin in the late 19th century. layer of light to rich brown eggs.- 2 babies   ( 2 claimed - 0 available)

* barred plymouth rock - developed in america in the middle of the 19th century and was first exhibited as a breed in 1869. layer of brown eggs - 3 babies   ( 0 claimed - 3 available)

*ameraucanas - south american breed. layer of blue green and tinted eggs. - 3 babies   ( 3 claimed - 0 available)

* cuckoo maran - developed in france in the early 20th century. layer of dark chocolate brown eggs. - 3 babies  ( 1 claimed - 2 available)

* welsummer - developed in holland in the 20th century. layer of terracotta colored eggs. - 3 babies   ( 1 claimed - 2 available)

and a few who are not rare or heritage in breed but are great egg laying birds to add to your flock

* black sex link - is the result of crossing two purebred standard breeds; the rhode island red rooster and the barred rock hen. - 3 babies   ( 0 claimed - 3 available)

well it's that time - central texas july - a.k.a. too freakin' hot and dry for the maters to keep at it without getting whipped by the spider mites - time. which means the fresh matermater train is just about to leave the hippychick station with a hopeful fall return.

i spent a short bit of time this evening topping the plants off to a little over 18" in height. i will keep them in their place in the garden and if all goes well, they might just throw out more shoots for a fall round of maters. there is the chance that they'll die off hot as it's been - we will cross that bridge when we get there. i discarded the trimmings and pulled a good bit of the bamboo mater support system up and out.

i have one last clump of maters still going. looks to me like they might go for another week or two - not quite sure. these are the yellow pear maters - prolific, tre' yumme' and tougher than most. i understand they are pretty darn good at reseeding themselves too so i've not made huge efforts to pick up every little mater i happen to drop when harvesting. it would be nice to see the little sprouts come up their own. fingers crossed.

the hotty hot hot garden growing goods now include

• cow peas - a.k.a. black-eyed peas - white and yellow
• christmas lima beans
• red long beans
• okra
• green peppers - small fruits this year
• eggplant - they are battling critters too but holding on
• sweet potato
• muskmelon - slow to fruit but growing steady
  
• watermelon - slow to fruit but growing steady
• cucumbers - i will be pulling up the early crop in the next few days
  
• chard - struggling a bit but holding on
• malabar spinach - hot weather climbing
  
• amaranth
• basil - four types
• mint
• oregano
• rosemary
• sage
  
• sorrel - rockstar plants grow in all conditions
  
• bunching onions
• cardoon
• artichoke - did not fruit this year
• asparagus - beautiful fronds time - maybe a fall/winter harvest
• lemon - great crop this year
• limes - ditto!
• zucchini - fingers crossed i get a few before the vine borers discover their tasty bits
  
• papaya - growing steady - we'll seeeeeee
  

the peaches and apples are done. the squirrels took the best of the fruit harvest this year - not a single apple for me - they beat me to each and every one. i hope they were yummy. i guess i can assume they were since they left none for me - poo.

hippychick's super-d-lovely organic fed chickeny eggs!
the chickenchicas at hippychick's gardens provide beautiful fresh eggs daily.

*i feed the ladies coyote creek organic feed. they also enjoy organically grown greens, tomatoes and the occasional melon from the garden, along with any goodies they can scratch up with their own two chickeny feets.

-- $3.50 pullet dozen (white, brown, bluegreen)
-- $4.00 large dozen (brown, white)
-- $4.25 extra large dozen (white, brown) -- these babies are big!