After raising our own brood of children and enjoying five unfettered years of blissful empty nestdom, we have decided to forego the free spirited life and tie ourselves down again to a small flock of chickens. We have talked about this for quite some time, two years to be exact. We have researched the topic well, visited Funky Coop tours and talked to friends and neighbors about their experiences.
Yesterday all the talking stopped and the action began. We went to Ideal Poultry in Cameron, Texas and picked up our girls. Our three Americuanas and three Buff Orpingtons were hatched sometime in the morning. By three o’clock that afternoon, our babies were in our car and we were parents again.
The girls will have to be raised inside for the first six weeks. After that, they will go outside into their very own palace that I will be building for them over the next few weeks. I will be taking and posting lots of pictures as this whole process progresses because it appears people really like chickens and chicken coops. And who can blame them? As these pictures show baby chicks are absolutely adorable.
Everyone that has chickens tells us that they all have their own unique personalities. It was amazing to us that this personality was already beginning to show. There is already a dominant Americuana and a dominant Buff. Both of these little birds are much more active and inquisitive than their friends.
Another thing we are very excited about is the opportunity to name them. As proud parents, we want to make sure they have the perfect name to reflect their personality. We can already tell that the Americuanas are going to be much easier to assign names because their unique colorations allow us to easily distinguish which is which. Unfortunately, the Buffs are all yellow and very difficult to differentiate.
In addition to my usual garden posts, I am going to try and post pictures of both the chicken’s progress and the progress of the coop on a weekly basis. So, if you want to watch our chickens grow with us, check back often.
Great Pics of your brood!
Thanks buddy. Just think, in about a year, I will have blue eggs to share!
Congratulations on your new brood! It’s a fine looking group you have there. I will be watching with interest as your pullets and their billets begin to take shape.
Thanks Jop! Come see them sometime!
Congrats on your new “kids.” Beautiful they all are and I can’t wait to hear the creative names you tag them with. I’m sure their accommodations will be grand, indeed, and no luckier chicks will these be. Look forward with anticipation to your updates.
JR y Darryl
Hola! mi amigos! Que tal in Espana? Hope you are both well. As you know Katie has been in the hospital. During a visit I was thumbing through the current issue of “Real Simple”. I was reading an article about people’s psychological relationship with money. After reading a particularly insightful section I saw the following “according to Christopher Dagget”. It was very exciting to see him quoted in a national magazine.