Chicks!

Hurray!
We have been planning and waiting for over a year and the day has finally come!
Let me introduce the girls:

Lady GranthHen- a Golden Sex Link
Yes, she soiled on me because she is sassy and does not want to be held!

Billina- White Leghorn. She was the first to volunteer to come home with us. 

Ginger- Rhode Island Red. She is quite the talker. If one chick is peeping I know it's her.

Boomer- Barred Plymouth Rock. One of the youngest.
She and her sister stay close.

Starbuck- the other Barred Plymouth Rock. 

Flaxy- Buff Orpington. Mtn. Man really wanted to have one of these beauties.

Thalia- Silver Laced Wyandotte. She is independent and loves the camera. Already a beauty queen!

It's so exciting to hear the sweet little cheeps, knowing that we'll have some garden companions this summer and best of all- fresh eggs!


We didn't want chickens simply for the eggs, but also for the compost that we'll get from the soiled bedding, the pest control we'll have for our plants, and the sheer joy of raising animals.

So excited to get chickens!

Pecking a the camera!

Thalia the beauty queen.

The hatchery chicks wondering who we'll pick.

Arie is a good boy as long as we don't leave him alone with the chicks.