Sunday, April 27, 2008

Chicken Freedom!




The chicks (or chickteens as it were) weren't overly interested in getting out today, but were content to perch on the side of the coop next to us, particularly Ginger, our sweetie pullet. It was pretty warm today (about 90) so they were panting quite a bit. Corsair is the Welsummer on the left in the 2 chick picture, and Ginger (darker) is on the right.

They will be 7 weeks old tomorrow, believe it or not, which means we have had them for 6 weeks! By late June they should be laying large dark brown eggs for us. They will also double in size again by then.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Sad day


Our 7 week old Ameraucana pullet died today. She was such a bossy, pushy, curious thing, we'll miss her beauty and her funny personality. The kids are very sad about losing our Susie. We're not sure what happened, but it happened pretty quickly. She was a bit lethargic last night and earlier today, and then she died.

We have just loved having chickens. They are fairly easy care pets, they are fun to watch, and FULL of personality. I am sorry she didn't make it to laying, I was looking forward to her bluish/greenish eggs. The two Welsummers appear to be doing fine, let's hope they hang in there.

In other news, we are buying a house! A really nice bigger one in a nice neighborhood. We'll start moving in May and will finish in June. We plan to let the kids finish the school year here since it's a new town and a new district.

The picture here is of our Susie, may she rest in peace. This was taken about a week ago.