[The Shire] Our growing flock!

[newchickychick]

Eggs SHOULD arrive tomorrow, fingers crossed! Tracking hasn’t updated in two days but. Hubby will be here to sign for me if they get here early. We’re going out of town to get Appa (Tolbunt Polish cockerel) and 6 sweet Tolbunt chicks (one being frizzle!) from a lovely breeder.

I have hubby a little “class” in how to unpack the eggs and set them for being ready for incubation. I’m SO excited ahhh! It still amazes me eggs hatch in 21 days. Nature is wonderful!

I swear it was since this morning… because I remember only seeing our two Black frizzle Cochin Bantams. We’ve got THREE. The feathers either just popped in, or they’re splitting into two like amoeba. The chickies are really enjoying their new coop! I can’t wait until it’s 100% finished. The fancier touches are an eventual project, but it will be well worth it.

 

[newchickychick]

The eggs are here! The others are now in town (though at the local distribution center) so should get here Monday! Please, Monday.

We got Appa! He’s got his own little bacehlor condo until we can introduce him to everyone else! We are going to take it slow and steady to make sure it is a seamless process without throwing then together too early. We will be repurposing both of our prefabs (this one being one of them) along with building an 8’x12’ coop for the Bantams in one big run so they can all have options. A lot of our Bantams are Old English Games and are showing some feisty (but so far not aggressive thankfully, they’re so little!) personalities so we’re hoping more options will make for happiness with the wide variety.

Appa here will of course end up joining the big coop after said introduction period. If for any reason it just didn’t work though, he can stay here with a couple of ladies all to himself. We plan to refurbish both of them to make sure they’ve got great ventilation and would expand the run space by a good bit. But hopefully he gets along swimmingly with everyone after time!

 

[newchickychick]

I didn't know this, as the listing didn't mention Candy Corn Polish, but apparently that's what the CC eggs are! SO cool! We don't have any of those yet. I'm hopeful we can hatch at least one egg from the 13 we set Monday, but more would be fantastic.

The chicks LOVE the big coop. We're so proud of it being our first ever build! My hubby did a glorious job.

I actively watched him fall in love with one of the Lavender Orpingtons. He put his hand into the brooder as we were sitting there and gushing over the new chicks, and one of the Lav Orps hopped right up into his hand and turned into a little cuddly puddle. It was so cute! What a great day!