The Chick Feed

We got 4 more chickens today! More precisely, we got these day old chicks, One is hiding, so cute! We wanted Brahams again, to replace the roosters we had to re-home. Fingers crossed that there are no boys in this group. Brahams have feathered legs, are docile, and large chickens. We got one Light Brahma and one Buff Brahma.  The other breed we chose are Cochins. They too have feathered legs and feet. They don't lay a lot of eggs, only 2-3 a week. We wanted to add them to our flock because they are  docile, easy-going, and pet-like.  We're still working on their names. We'll continue the flower-theme, but wanted to meet the chickies before giving them their names. Stay turned for the naming of chickens 7, 8, 9, and 10.  Since it is colder outside than the last time we got chicks, we are housing them in the basement rather than the screened in porch. Honey-bunny heard the little cheeps and began sluething.  She needs a little more practice;

Egg-citing Days Daisy layed the first egg, followed a few days later by Violet.  The chickens layed 16 eggs in 13 days. As the days have gotten longer and warmer in March, the chickens have layed 105 eggs! There are usually 4-6 eggs in the coop each day. While many people say their chicken lay their eggs in the early morning, our girls take after their keepers and often lay in the late morning to early afternoon. We aren't morning people in this house.  Opening the egg boxes each day is like a surprise party. How many eggs will there be? What colors will we find? Check out these beauties, Our first dozen Daisy and Forsythia lay pinkish-brown eggs. We get one blue egg and one blue-green egg from Violet and Petunia; we haven't figured out who is producing which color. Myrtle's eggs are brown with speckles. Marigold's egg are truly spectacular, check it out:

Do birds of a feather really flock together? While the chickens do pair off, go solo, and hang out with the flock, they often do seek their same kind. They seem to have a connection, a way of being in sync. Check out Marigold and Myrtle: Judges' scores? 10 10 10 Look at that? A perfect score!