New Chickies 10 days old.

 

Amelia, Easter Egger, love those puffy cheeks!

 (left to right) Barbara, Rosie, Nellie

Nellie in front, Amelia and Rosie behind.

 Barbara, Rosie, Amelia and Nellie: enjoying some time outside the box.

Chickens on my lap, by Nora.

Here I am with Barbara and Amelia on my lap.  So cute!

Chicks With Some Grass, written by Nora

Nellie Amelia Rosie and Barbara did not like a little bit of grass. Then Rosie saw a piece of grass. She had it in her beak and they liked it (*note from Mom: the other chicks chased Rosie). ps chicks do not like grass- hens do like grass.

An additional note from Mom: One hour later the chicks are enjoying the patch of "grass" and dirt so much they are trying to dust bathe in it. Silly chickens!

Two Weeks Old

 First day out in the yard.  You'll notice the fence behind where the big hens hang out.

Barbara the Brave sitting on Nora's lap.

 (left to right) Barbara, Nellie, Amelia, Rosie

Introducing a New Blogger: Nora

My six year old daughter Nora will now be posting on this blog. We will share the work at first, but my hope is that she can take over someday (these fingers are tired!).

Meet the New Chicks

Here are the new ladies within hours of their arrival they were already eating, drinking and sleeping. 
More pictures below:

Cornelia (Nellie), Barnevelder

Barbara, Barred Rock

Briana Rose (Rosey), Easter Egger

Amelia, Easter Egger

Adding to the Flock

With the decision to not sell the house and the new fence for the chickens, it took no time at all to order a new set of chicks.  We were able to get them before it was too late and only had about a week to wait before their arrival.  Thank goodness for that because our 6 year old asked about their arrival about 5 times a day. 

We ordered this set of chicks from a different company than the first set of chicks- Meyer Hatchery.  They would arrive on Tuesday, August 6th from Ohio.  We originally thought we'd get three chicks, but ended up getting four.  This will bring our total number of hens to eight.  This time around we thought less about production and more about color.  We wanted some pretty hens with pretty eggs. 

Here's what we chose:

One Barnevelder Hen.  This is a Dutch breed that lays dark brown "chocolate" colored eggs.  It is also a very pretty bird with a black head and neck and a gold laced body and tail.

One Barred Rock Hen.  This hen is a black and white and lays brown eggs.  We chose this hen to replace the little hen we lost from our last flock.  The barred rock is thought to have been bred from a Dominique hen so they share the same kind of coloring.

Two Easter Eggers.  Easter eggers come in all different feather colors, have a muff and beard and lay green, blue, or pink eggs.  We're excited to see what color feathers and eggs our hens will have!