AIEEEEEE!!! WE GOT CHICKENS!!!
Aren't they beautiful. They are four days old (except two of them which are two days old) and are settling into their new home. We got all different kinds, which certainly makes it easier to tell them apart. Good thing, too, because we wanted to name them. We got two Ameraucanas, one Rhode Island Red, two Buff Orpingtons, one White Leghorn, one Barred Plymouth Rock, one Silver-Laced Wyandotte, and one Red Star: nine in all.
This one's mine, Arrietty the Buff Orpington. Like all the Buffs, she's a mellow, easy-going bird, which is why I picked her. She's a strawberry blonde right now, but when she grows up she will be a proper ginger, like this:
Everybody else in the family got one chicken, too, and Mom got us one extra in case one of them DIES :P. For the longest time, we just called her "The Extra." She belongs to all of us generally, I suppose, but I guess she will officially become the hen of whoever is the first to lose theirs. Oh, and we also got her in case one of our "hens" turns out to be a cockerel. There was a sign above the chicks at the store that read "90% ACCURACY IN SEX DETERMINATION." So, yeah, one of our chicks might very well turn out to be a guy, and in THAT case we shall have to get rid of it. We live in the suburbs, and we don't want a rooster crowing and waking up all the neighbors ... or us, for that matter.
So, yeah! Chickens now, in our garage! Which one is your favorite? If it were not for my loyalty to Arrietty, I would like Hannah's Ameraucana best. It's the little dark brown one you see in the first picture. Her name is Celesteabellbethabell, Celeste for short. But mine is pretty cute too.
D'aww!! They're just like little kittens with beaks! (And gizzards... and wings... and claws... and feathers... GAH BIOLOGY YOU HAVE RUINED ME)
ReplyDeleteMethinks my favorite chick is the dark brown one in the topmost part of the first picture (is that Celesteabellbethabell?) But honestly, they're all so dang cute. :D
XD I know. They're so soft and fuzzy. Their wing feathers are growing in now. Ah, children. They grow up so fast! *sobs*
DeleteDark brown one at the top? Yep, that's Celesteabellbethabell :). She's pretty cyute. Reminds me of an owlet. Unfortunately she's the one we're most concerned about XP. Ain't that just the way. The favorite one always gets sickly and dies. "ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG ..." but we are not without hope she will pull through!
Her name, btw, is pronounced "suh - LEST - uh - bell - BETH - uh - bell." :)
Awwwwwww. YES YOU GUYS NEED CHICKENS I APPROVE
ReplyDeleteAs for favorite, I am partial to Ameraucanas, but I shall withhold judgement until they are more grown up and are interesting and not just cute. XD
Right? It's about time we got some. XD. Now we just need a fluffy cat and several large dogs and my life will be complete.
DeleteI can't wait to see what they look like when they're all grown up and running around the yard together! It's going to be a motley assortment of chickens, that's for sure. I hope they get along all right :P XD.