I'd Like a Couple Chickens

So, it's only been a month and a half or so since my last post. Here are the babies you last saw in their little box. Sorry it was getting a bit dark out. We have been letting them out in the evening to hunt and peck their way round the ole homstead to try to keep them out of trouble. There are 11 chickens and 3 guineas.






Inside the Chicken Palace a couple weeks ago. Please excuse the poop...their housekeeping skills aren't up to par.


When I say 11 chickens I really mean pullets (girls) which is what they were supposed to be. For the last few days however, I have been growing more and more concerned that this one isn't quite who she is supposed to be. I believe we have a boy in the midst of our all girl club.
After we got those birds, I just couldn't stop thinking about the Light Brahma's that I REALLY wanted. I mean, how can you resist those big, friendly girls running around and producing an egg a day in all but the deepest, darkest weeks of winter? While I was thinking about them, Paul was dreaming of Turkens...the lovely chickens with no neck feathers that he loves so much. As we thought of them we seemed to think of others and of course you might as well think about 25 since that is how many you need to have chickens shipped here, and of course with an order of 25 you get a free rare breed as well as a couple extras thrown into the box for 'free'.

Before I knew what had happened...

Welcome to my world!