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26 Healthy Baby Hens - 08:32, Wednesday, July 11, 2007

My chicks arrived Monday in full health. They are a mixed variety of brown egg layers plus one "free rare chick." I'm not sure if the rare one is male or female. For that matter, I'm not sure which one it is. I've been able to identify with a bit of certainty only 8 chicks: 5 Rhode Island Reds and 3 Turkans. I'll post pictures soon. The connector from my camera to my computer has gone missing. My sister took a picture of me holding a bunch of the girls (I mean chicks...I say "hello, girls" every time I go to the pen). Everyone commented on how they already think I'm "Mother Hen." They were soon climbing to my shoulders to take a nap. It's so much fun having chickens! I highly recommend a small flock for every homestead.

Lucy, my 4 month old Rhode Island Red, is curious about the newcomers. She takes a peek whenever I let her in the pen...only when I am able to watch her closely. She's a bit territorial and has already tried to peck at them in their little purple pool (my make-do brooder).

My flock will be quite big if I keep all of the chicks. 27 chickens are a lot for 1.5 acres. A friend of mine offered to buy all the ones I don't keep to get her flock back up to size. She doesn't want to do the brooding part. I think the Rhode Island Reds and maybe five of another breed (I have eleven of them - possibly White Orppingtons) may be getting a new home in a couple months.

My dear husband doesn't think I'll be able to part with them since they're already getting names according to their personalities or particular looks. (One of the Turkans has a tuft of black feathers on top of her head above her completely featherless neck and is quite funny to watch. She has a sort of buzzard look, so my sister suggested Ruth Buzzy.) One of the those I think is a White Orpington tends to fall asleep with her head on the feed trough. I'm calling her Jenny Craig, since food is apparently on her mind a lot. (If you're like me, diets only make food the prominent thought in your brain!)

The chicks are already trying to jump out of their pool. They grow at an amazing rate. They hatched around 12:50 a.m. on Saturday, July 7 at Murray McMurray Hatchery in Webster City, Iowa (all that information comes on the shipping box). They were at the Wayne, West Virginia post office on Monday morning, just little fluffy puffs of peeps. They now have grown feathers on their wings that are 1/2 inch long. I'm taking lots of pictures to document the speed of their growth. Now if I could just find that connector so I can post them............

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Untitled Comment - 09:02, Thursday, July 12, 2007

I have tagged you for the tag game...if you feel like playing, drop by my blog to check it out. If you don't want to play, that's ok. I won't be offended.

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