It's embarrassing to be part of a trend - at least for me.
I had planned to begin chicken farming last summer. But we had so much going on with the remodeling, vacations etc...so we put it off.
Not this year.
We marched down to D&B on Tuesday to pick out 5 of the cutest baby chicks. Barely dried from the shell, they were a day old and so fluffy.
So welcome to the family...
Attila the Hen (she's mine), General Tso (Rob's), Bronco (Bodie's), Rosie (McCall's) and Pecker (Rhys's). Yes, one is named Pecker. I told the kids to name Rhys's for him and they choose Pecker...I started going into why this maybe wasn't the best choice of names, but it wasn't really a conversation that I wanted to continue...so Pecker it is!
Right now they are living lavishly in their brooder in our garage under a heat lamp. By mid-May they will be big enough to move into a coop in our backyard!
Hopefully, if all goes well we will have eggs by September.
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