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| We had quite a storm last night. Our newest girl is grooming herself. She is getting her tail feathers in order. |
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| Now she's working on the wing feathers. |
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| What a pretty girl. The other two babies are in the background. |
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| Frizzie and one of the new ones. |
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| All three babies are getting along well. They just met this weekend. |
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| Today we drove to Maryland to get this 4 month old hen. She's a rare blue Polish. |
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| Did you know you can cuddle chickens? Well, you can cuddle my girls. |
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| Showing her where she'll live when she's a little older. |
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| Finn is all stretched out. I should lay a yard stick beside him to see how big he is. |
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| He is all relaxed and he isn't moving for anyone. |
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| This is Frizzie, my black frizzle cochin, and our new unnamed chick. | And one happy redhead! |
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| The two young ones living in the kennel now. |
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| They have perches and ramps to explore. |
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| When we took the three girls to the breeder, we came home with this girl. She's a Columbian Plymouth Rock. Each long wing feather is half black and half white. Cool design. |
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| Juneau back where he was hatched. Here is the breeder's son holding Juneau. |
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| My two girls loving their huge pen they will share with 20 other chickens. |
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| I had rescued 4 chickens in November. There are still major pecking order fights. I found someone who was more than happy to take these girls and give them a good home. Sad to see them go, but necessary. |
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| Here is Juneau, my second try to get a hen of this breed - white-crested Polish. Both times they turned out to be roosters. So he is going back to the breeder today. So sad. |
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| Juneau's long tail and his black/green irridescent feathers. |
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| Today we took the girls to Country Meadows. This is their first elevator ride! |
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| The residents were starting to gather as we set up. The room was full for our program. |
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| Some people hung around afterwards to hold a chicken. Sophia is very calm and sweet, so we can trust her to just sit on someone's lap. |
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| We are set up and ready to start a 3 hour program with about 6 classes at a preschool. |
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| I'm showing Sophia to the 2 year olds. |
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| Sophia being petted. |
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| Ellie sat among the kids to be petted. |
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| Four of the seven girls we took to this chicken program. |
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| We hate having a pair of hawks living in our neighbor's trees. The hens can't be out in the yard roaming free. They have to be in the chicken tractors if they are in the yard so they are protected from hawks. At 8:30 this morning I heard the hawk in the backyard. Looked out to see it circling above the coop area. We ran out to chase it away. It probably caught a mouse and was in our pine tree eating it. |
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| The hawk is right in the middle of this picture. Can you see it to the right of the big trunk? |
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| Hate these hawks. This is the male. He's twice as big as the female. |
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| We are sad to officially report that Juneau is a rooster. He is trying to get his voice heard. We have 4 chicken programs lined up for July and will keep him thru then so he can be a part of them. But sadly he has to go back to the breeder. :( |
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| Juneau |
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| I am reading on the porch. Buffy came to the edge of the porch, the closest she has ever been to me. |
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| I put out Buffy's food and stayed on the porch. She sneaked on the porch and ate. I'm making progress with her. |
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| She's so cute. I'd love to be able to pet her. |
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| Pearl's wound is healed shut, so we put her, with her bandaged foot, back in the coop area. None of the chickens bothered with her foot. |
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| Barney up on the nursery again. |
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| Barney, on the right, is very tame now. I'm working on Buffy. She comes to eat every evening, but I have to be in the house for her to venture onto the porch. |
