Tuesday, December 2, 2008

babies!!!

So we ordered some day old chicks. We only ordered 10 pullets, or females, but since it is a small order and it is cold, they send packing peanuts. Packing peanuts are roosters. No one really wants roosters so they kinda throw them away. We got 8 roosters, packing peanuts, but one did die on the way here. We got the call from the post office at 7:30 the day before thanksgiving. That was really kinda cool. We have names for some of them.
Owl is the one with three stripes down her back, Natalie named her.
Vivienne is the red one with a V on her head. I named her. She is my special chick. I love her so much.
Ewok is the one who has kinda squirrel markings
Aiddie Michelle is the other red one, Natalie named her.
Oh and there are 7 named Duck, those are the roosters. We are not to get attached to those as we will most likely be eating them :)
Kali is totally interested in the chicks. We only let her smell and love on the roosters though. Huck doesn't care. Though he does occasionally chase the ladies outside. I actually think he is kinda scared of them though.

Oh and the first picture is actually the Ladies outside. They seems to be pretty happy out there. We have chickens! I am sure that i will post when we get our first egg.









4 comments:

Baroness of Blah said...

So jealous you are doing chickens!

Mama said...

what breeds did you get? Once we get moved back in and it's warmed up a bit we're going to order some eggs. My friend is an agriculture teacher and has the whole set up we'll need to incubate and hatch out the eggs so it's going to be a great project for the kids. I'm probably going to order some Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks, and one other breed I can't remember off the top of my head...I can't wait.

First Star to the Right said...

That is so cool! Someday we will have our chickens too.

wildflowers said...

We got a lot of different breeds,
Rhode Island Red,
Black and Red Sex Links,
Barred Rocks,
Austrolops,
and our packing peanuts, the ones they sent for warmth that will probably end up in the freezer are buff opingtons. They are so big now and so into trouble :)