Our one-of-a-kind chicken coop!
Guess what? Sunday we all drove to the Chicken Getting Place and bought our wee chicks! Four families went in, and we ended up with eight chicks. All girls, of course–we’re in it for the eggs, not the crowing! At the Chicken Getting Place, also known as Ozbert Farms, they had many different kinds of chicks for sale. They also had a huge poster with all types of breeds of chickens listed, complete with full color Illustration and egg color, and there are a ton of different kinds. I had no idea. The poster probably depicted at least 100 different types of chickens. Wowie.
Let me introduce you to the girls.
1)Our Ameraucano, Vespucci
She will lay light blue/green eggs. Yay!
2)Our Welsummer, Pauli Girl
This little girl is The Beloved's. You know how much he loves beer and brewing. He almost named her Wort, until we were able to talk him out of it!
3)Sophie’s Rhode Island Red, Ginger
Sophie says that her nickname is "Gigi."
4)Jackson’s Welsummer, Summer
She's a little smaller than The Beloved's Welsummer. We'll see how they mature. Welsummers lay chocolate-colored eggs.
5)Don’s Buff Brahma, Henrietta
This is Henrietta. See her feathery feet? That's a characteristic of Brahmas.
6)Sterner’s Light Brahma, Hoopy
The other Brahma, Hoopy. She's one of the smallest of the chicks right now.
7)Grayson’s Rhode Island Red, Copper
Hello, Copper--pretty girl!
and last, but not least
8)Abbey’s Ameraucana, Lady
I wish the Ameraucanas hadn't laid down. They have blue-gray feet!
Here is the Awesome chicken house and run dreamt up by Chuck. Seriously–he had a dream about how to build it, and it is Fabulous. We still need to paint, of course–we want to make sure that the girls live in a Colorful Environment.
These are the three doors leading to the laying boxes. They open from the outside for easy access. I'm not sure if you can tell, but Chuck put fisheye door peepholes in the doors!
See--we have a door AND a screen door. Pretty sweet, huh? That Chuck is gifted!
It's the details that count--look at the beautiful knob Susan found for the door.
We won’t be getting eggs until December (they start laying at about 21 weeks), but when the girls start laying, we’re thinking of making some egg custard and egg nog–two Items in which the flavor of the fresh eggs will really shine.
Wanna raise your own chicks? Here are some Helpful Links:
My Pet Chicken
Back Yard Chickens
Urban Chickens
Raising Backyard Chickens
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