Our Chickens

We tried to incubate about 27 eggs this spring and we've ended up with 10 healthy chicks. Which is pretty good odds for us! I've been meaning to post these for a while, but it's better late than never.

I loved this one. :o)

Non-chicken related: The girls decided to hunt eggs on the Monday after Easter.

Here are the chicks now:

They're so cute!

These chicks are too!

Our chicken coop that Brian built.

Inside the coop.

The brooder box where the baby chicks stay warm and cozy. We covered the top with a tarp so that the hens and rooster wouldn't roost on top of them.

Here are our grown hens and rooster. George, the rooster, really dislikes me. He even tried to attack me once. I'm still traumatized by it! I'll post a video at the end of this post of him running at me.

This is George, the chick that Aidan named!

We've got them spoiled by feeding them grass and worms. Anna even has them trained...haha!

See watch them follow her!

They'll even do some tricks for an earthworm! Haha!

Without further ado - here is George charging at the hand that feeds him:

Signs of Spring

Even though our winter has been springish, we've had some signs that our actual Spring is coming soon! Brian brought one of our first blooms to me on Tuesday!

Then Wednesday we went to Tractor Supply to pick up a thermometer for our chicken incubator, but we ended up buying a few baby chicks!

I've been collecting some eggs from our hens to incubate, so in about 3 weeks we'll have a whole broader box full of baby chicks! It's just that some will have cost a little more than the others. :o)

Just A Few Things

I wanted to share a few pics off of my cell phone. I haven't taken any pictures with my big camera since Christmas. Shocking I know, but sometimes you just need a lil break. :)

Holly was really sad to put away the Nutcrackers. :(

The girls found the funniest app for their iPods. We have laughed so hard at some of them that I think it warrants a post featuring our funniest pics later on. :) Stay tuned....

A co-worker of Brian's gave us a new rooster! We had 3 last year and after we gave 2 away our remaining one died. And in honor of Brian and the girls buying 4 of my favorite BBC Miniseries for Christmas we named him Mr. George Knightley (from Emma:)!!!

About a week and a half ago the girls and I ran into the library and when we came out it looked like a blizzard! It didn't last long though. :( I am beginning to wonder if we're gonna even have a winter. The temps have been in the upper 40's and 50's for quite a while now.

Anna took the snow pic and the one above. We were driving to Lexington and she snapped this one of a farm on the side of the interstate. She's getting pretty good!

#18 - Eggcellent!

We have not gotten any eggs from our hens in a long time. :o(

But today, Brian came in after feeding them with 3 beautiful brown eggs in his hands!!!

A few weeks ago he put some golf balls in the nesting boxes to try and trick them into laying......and it worked! You don't know how badly it has pained me to pay $1.75 for a dozen of eggs at the store! And to think about 5 years ago I wouldn't even touch a brown egg. Now I long for them. :)

Our hens are fairly young and they usually don't lay until they are older. It's also hard to get them to lay in the winter months. Last spring we started out with two hens and a rooster. In school we incubated 3 chicks and then one of our hens set more chicks and now we've got a total of 8 hens and 3 roosters.

Anna took today's picture for me and I think she did an eggcellent job! (Sorry...couldn't resist:)

Psalm 8:9

"O LORD, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth!"