I've finally taken some pictures of the chickens and ducks to post "updates" of them here- so here's a few pictures for all of you who who want to see their progress :)

Here's our "alpha-roo" Big Boy

Our "lesser-roo" Oderus ( he was the first egg I ever hatched- a Black Australorp- the only one that hatched for me on May 21)

Some of the older group of chickens on their new roost:

Some of our "middle" group of chicks- they're almost 12 weeks old now.  These guys are barnyard mixes I hatched from eggs from my egg lady.  I think they're gorgeous!

And some of the younger ones- I've got a group of hens I got from a McMurray hatchery special, along with some Ameraucana's, a frizzle and a naked neck that I hatched out at about the same time- about 8 weeks old.  In the first picture- the chick to the far left was marked as a frizzle, but I think it's really a banty cochin cross that was mixed up in my egg order- still waiting to confirm it from the lady I ordered the eggs from.  He's a cutie though, and a tough little bugger :)

And finally-- let's not forget Gavin's ducks!!   Snowball is the white one (who isn't really white anymore, he's buff) and Fez has the crest, and looks to be a Blue Swedish Crested duck ( we got the ducks as part of the McMurray special, so didn't know what breeds we were getting). They're both quite cute :)