Here chick chick chick!

The chickies are here!

We got 1 black sex-link, 2 Bard Rocks, 2 Rhode Island Reds and 1 Buff Orpington, and they are so cute!

They took to the water really fast, I thought it would take them awhile, but they were pretty thrirsty it seems.

Noisey little buggers though, peep, peep, PEEP!

Don't count your chickens before they hatch!

No chicks today, we got all the way there only to be told

that they didn't come in today.

They will hopefully be in on Friday, but we will definitely call first this time!

February 24 is here! And you know what that means?

Chicks!

We leave in 1/2 hour to get our baby chicks!
Pix soon....

Chicken Update!

I saw some chickens at a friend's house today and have to admit to feeling a bit panicky at the moment.
They poop!
Big gloppy glops of poop!
OY!

Ok, I can do this. The chicken poop will be good for the garden, right?
And the garden is good for growing vegetables, right?

So not only do we get the eggs, but we also get manure!
Big gloppy glops of manure!

Chickies will be here on Feb 24!

Yippee! I just got off the phone with Sumner Animal Grub and they will be getting chicks in next Wed. So it's time to start getting our brooding box set up.
I still have some questions for SAB and the orderer will be returning my call soon, hopefully!
I need to know whether the chicks will be vaccinated against Marek's disease, what to feed the little buggers and also about whether or not we can get just female chicks.
Alas, monster boy wants ONLY a black chicken.
I think he'll settle for whatever we can get once he sees the cute little chicks though.

Spring is trying to sproing!

It's staying light so much longer now and I can hear the little froggies croaking the ditches! I just love spring, it's the season that most signifies hope, isn't it?

Maybe that's why Easter is in spring?

We bought our seeds and some tato/rhubarb starts and now we just have to wait for dryer weather so we can get to tilling the garden. Whenever it gets sunny I go outside and feel the warmth and smell the fresh dirt, it's so nice. I'm so excited at the thought of a garden!

And chickens!

We're getting chickens!

I can't believe we're getting chickens!