Before I get started with today's "tail", I just have to say...
I LOVE SUMMER!!!
You probably guessed what yesterday's special delivery was.
Yes,
I am the crazy chicken lady.
I ordered a second batch of chicks... and they arrived yesterday.
(just trying to keep up with the demand for great farm eggs...humanely raised.)
(just trying to keep up with the demand for great farm eggs...humanely raised.)
These sweet fuzzy gals are a brown egg layer mix.
Along with the chicks came a warning to wash hands after handling
and to not get them close to your face.
Now, I ask you....
how am I supposed to resist smooching these adorable creatures???
(The CDC mandates that this warning be given out with all
batches of chicks.)
(Salmonella..........pifffle!)
So, two of the chicks will definitely bear the names "Sam" and "Ella"!
It is so much fun to see what each grows up to look like.
Of course with each batch of chicks comes a "surprise" (very often a rooster).
It looks as though this time I received another Polish Crested chick as my surprise.
(The tiny puff ball on the top of it's head is a dead give away.)
You might remember that Henri was the surprise in my batch of Cuckoo Marans.
Well, I am starting to believe that Henri might be a "she".
(S)He has no spurs on his legs like the other Roos do,
and has not uttered a single crow....
in fact, he has uttered no sounds at all.
Time will tell, but I am betting that Henri might be Henriette!
A week before we left for vacation we moved Fifi, Henri,
and the rest of the Cuckoo Marans to the chicken yard with Rod and the Polish Crested gals.
After two weeks of being confined to the yard and coop,
they are all free ranging now around the barn....
and loving it!
By the end of September (right before the Marans begin laying),
I will confine them once again to their yard.
Not for long, though...
just until the Marans get the hang of laying their eggs in the nesting boxes in the coop.
Now, about Fifi....
I am thinking that Fifi just might be a banty.
She was always quite a bit smaller than the rest of the gals.
And now she still remains half their size.
Mon Petite Poule!
Coming tomorrow: "Never Blue In Blueberry Season"...
recipes included.
Comments
Henri-etta? is so cute. Now he/she will have a buddy!
Di
Congratulations on another batch of chicks...I love that it's a mixed batch so you don't really know what you're getting until they get older. our 'surprise' was a silver leghorn rooster who turned out to be a real beauty but unfortunately he met his demise when we were up in British Columbia last year. Love your Henri/Henrietta. Looking forward to your blueberry post.
Have a wonderful day!
Maura :)
You are a crazy chicken lady! But I totally understand!
P.S. I hate summer..I feel so much better when it's cool...I guess there's a season for all of us...