Hello all! I'm new to the community and new to chickens!
I just brought home my babies about a month ago -- at the moment, there are three Araucanas and two Buff Orpingtons. One of the Araucanas is my friend's -- she has two chickens and wanted a third but didn't want to raise the poor baby all by itself, so I'm holding on to her until she's big enough to go home
I just moved into a house on 3/4 of an acre in the summer of 2012 and wanted chickens IMMEDIATELY but had to put it off until my second baby was born. So now I'm a SAHM of two girls and a super excited mama to four (and surrogate mama at the moment to one) sweet little chickies! I sort of fancy myself a wannabe farmer - I've got my little garden that I grow an assortment of veggies in, and now I've got my little chicks!
These are from day one, so they've changed quite a bit! I'll have to upload some recent photos soon! I originally planned on naming them Lucy, Ethel, Fred, and Ricky (yeah, even though they're hens; I figured they could just be short for Winifred and Ericka, lol). But, at the insistence of my four and a half year old, I was overruled on two of those, lol.
First off, we have Jojo, my super sweetpea!
Nugget, her pushy sister.
Crazy Lucy who is now a mixture of white and black feathers.
My friend's chick who will be called Meri (but who I have been calling "Bob Villa" -- her husband thought it would be a great name and I thought it was hilarious -- there's nothing quite like saying, "Oh, Bob Villa!!" to a chick, lol!). She is now a mix of black, streaks of yellow, brown, and white tipped feathers.
And skittish Ethel -- she now has black and warm brown feathers.
Awww, they were so teeny!! They've since graduated to a large rabbit cage while we fix up their coop.
I just brought home my babies about a month ago -- at the moment, there are three Araucanas and two Buff Orpingtons. One of the Araucanas is my friend's -- she has two chickens and wanted a third but didn't want to raise the poor baby all by itself, so I'm holding on to her until she's big enough to go home
I just moved into a house on 3/4 of an acre in the summer of 2012 and wanted chickens IMMEDIATELY but had to put it off until my second baby was born. So now I'm a SAHM of two girls and a super excited mama to four (and surrogate mama at the moment to one) sweet little chickies! I sort of fancy myself a wannabe farmer - I've got my little garden that I grow an assortment of veggies in, and now I've got my little chicks!
These are from day one, so they've changed quite a bit! I'll have to upload some recent photos soon! I originally planned on naming them Lucy, Ethel, Fred, and Ricky (yeah, even though they're hens; I figured they could just be short for Winifred and Ericka, lol). But, at the insistence of my four and a half year old, I was overruled on two of those, lol.
First off, we have Jojo, my super sweetpea!
Nugget, her pushy sister.
Crazy Lucy who is now a mixture of white and black feathers.
My friend's chick who will be called Meri (but who I have been calling "Bob Villa" -- her husband thought it would be a great name and I thought it was hilarious -- there's nothing quite like saying, "Oh, Bob Villa!!" to a chick, lol!). She is now a mix of black, streaks of yellow, brown, and white tipped feathers.
And skittish Ethel -- she now has black and warm brown feathers.
Awww, they were so teeny!! They've since graduated to a large rabbit cage while we fix up their coop.