We ordered our birds as day-old chicks back at the beginning of April. We chose pullets based on their egg colors to get a colorful assortment of eggs. We should have white, dark brown, olive and blue. 

 

 

I’ve had my suspicions about our Cuckoo Bluebar for a month now, but it’s been made clear over the past week that we won’t be getting any blue eggs from her - because she’s a rooster. But boy, is he pretty.

 

We’re hoping he doesn’t develop the stereotypical rooster aggression. He’s still quite friendly, and when I can catch him, he enjoys being pet and fussed over. 

 

 

In other news, we had some questions on the Rural Sprout Facebook page about zucchini plants developing lots of flowers but no zucchini. There are two reasons why this happens. The first happens because your plant is very young, and the second is low pollination rates. I show you how to deal with both issues in this article. 

 

 

This week, I wanted to send out a friendly reminder that we love sharing photos of our readers’ gardens. Hit me up with photos of your garden, that massive zucchini you grew, or the perfect heirloom tomatoes. Perhaps you’ve got an especially lovely flowerbed this year. If you are growing it or grew it, we’d love to share your photos of it here in the weekly newsletter.