We’ll be raising chickens this summer as well as swimming lessons, VBS and gymnastics…
Our girls(?) are getting big fast! We added two more to the flock, Madison (named after Maxson St. home) and Piper (named after our home in Encinitas on Pipes Lane). Madison is a Cuckoo Maran, and she should lay chocolate brown eggs. Little Piper is a Barred Rock. She will be all striped with black and white when she’s a big hen and she’ll lay some nice brown eggs. Even though these girls are 2 days younger than the rest and smaller NOW, they will be bigger than the other three when fully grown.
Piper and Madison
The girls are 3 weeks old today! I think they are in that awkward phase right now… skinny and gangly looking… and then they’re molting so they lost their cute baby down and funky feathers are coming in and falling out. We took them outside for their first “field trip” in the backyard today! Isaiah is pretty natural at holding them and picking them up. He took each one to the coop to show them around. Lala is a great help. She’s an expert at shoveling chicken poop. Oscar had to stay inside for our field trip because I just don’t trust him yet. If Dave were home, I would have let him out, but 5 chickens and 2 kids had me outnumbered 7 to 1 already!
Isaiah and Clementine
So, we have a chicken dilemma here… Since last week I’ve been thinking BOO our favorite chicken might just be a rooster. We can’t have roosters here! And I wanted BOO for her blue eggs. But HE won’t be laying any eggs if he turns out to be a Roo. I’m asking the experts for their best guess and so far it’s about 50/50. It’s early to tell, so I’ll be posting updates, but you can keep track of my findings here:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=6672871#p6672871
BOO or maybe ROO
