It is so exciting! I have wanted chickens for years and here we have them. We were going to get them from my daughter's enrichment program that she goes to one day a week. They have been studying the life cycle of a chicken and had eggs in an incubator. Unfortunately, there was a substitute one day and the incubator was left without electricity for a few hours. Those poor babies aren't going to hatch. We were so excited and couldn't take any more anticipation so on Good Friday I went and got eight little beauties. (I love the little water dispenser...you use a mason jar that screws into the metal base...our little chick feeder is the same way.)
We can't get over how fast they are growing. We have two Buff Orpingtons, two Barred Rocks, two black sex-linked crosses, and two reds (not Rhode Island, I just can't remember). I have a keen sense that at least two of these fluffies are going to be roosters, so our flock will shrink, but we are so thrilled.
Everyday the children have been taking turns cleaning out their brooder and giving them fresh water twice a day. My birthday is next month so I think my gift is going to be a lovely coop (I know I'm weird, but that's how I do things...I'd rather get something we can use!).
Look at the perfect wings already forming on the red to the right (that is Nugget, by the way). Some names the kids picked out are Lazy, Daisy, Yolko, Sunshine, Mr. Feisty, Nugget, Friday, and Lily. As a gardener, I'm excited about only one thing: compost. All that chicken poop is going to do wonders for my garden. It's been my missing link because I've always had to buy fertilizer on top of the small amount of compost we make. Not anymore! These babies are just what we needed for this homestead!
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| Do you think she's happy??? My daughter and "Daisy." |
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