She became a chicken Mama May 5, 2008

We have chickens!!  Three of them. I want 6, and am figuring out where to get my next three from, as the place I got the first 3 have no more.  But I’m having fun with these little ladies.  Two are Rhode Island Reds and then the littlest, a Black Australorp, is the queen bee, from what I can tell.  They are adorable and everyone in the family is fascinated by them.  My husband thinks they are cute and picks them up and pets them, the baby loves to watch them run around and talks to them and talks about their wings flapping.  The dog is very interested and wants to be more involved, but for obvious reasons, is not.

They are a week old.  We are trying to decide on names, and we are thinking of Eleanor, Maryann and Margaret, the Dashwood Sisters from Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.  Not sure how that will work for the addition of others in the future.  I ultimately want 6.  I am going to look into some Heirloom breeds.  There is a breeder up the street who is going to have Dorkings available, and that seems very cool.  Still weighing the options, and getting used to parenting chicks.

I love their little cheeping sounds!  I introduce you now to our week old girls Margaret, Maryann and Eleanor (for now, names still pending).