About 3 weeks ago, one our Henny Pennies went broody! At first, she was laying on 9 eggs that she had collected. The next time I checked she had 17, and next time.. 21! Evidently, her girlfriends were helping her out! So we moved Miss Henny Penny to the tractor coop where she could cozy up in a nest box and have some privacy. Yesterday the chicks began hatching. So far....2 brown chickies and a white one. And at last check, a white leghorn was beginning to hatch. Let's just hope that none of them are roosters. My record on roosters isn't too hot. The last batch of chickies were about 50% roosters...UGH!

WHO LAID AN EGG??

Remember these cute fluffy chickies?? They were so cute!

Well....5 months have passed since then. They all looked alike the day they were born. But today........ they look much different!

Recently, we moved all of our young chickens into the "big house", with the "big girls (and boys)." They weren't too thrilled about this at first. But they have adjusted nicely.

Two of the chickies turned out to be roosters,

and 2 are hens.

Yesterday was an exciting day, because one the girls laid her first egg. I found the lone egg in the chicken yard! It was a cute little egg that couldn't compare to the size eggs that the "big girls" lay. But we'll eat it, just the same!

CHICKIE UPDATE

The first batch of chickens we hatched back in January are finally ready to

fly the coop! The indoor coop that is.

They have been transferred to small outdoor coop where they have plenty of room to romp and scratch.

The smaller chickies have been placed in the larger cage that bigger chicks left behind. One might call them teenagers since they are kind of in an awkward stage of getting their feathers. (fledging) They are part feathers, part fluff. But in no time, they will be sporting nothing but feathers. It's too soon yet to be certain how many rooster we have. Hopefully not too many!

On the next post, we'll visit the BIG HOUSE and see what's shakin' there!

MORE CHICKIES

After shopping at our local feed store, several more varieties of chickens found themselves a home in our basement. Definitely a sign of SPRING! These little guys were sooo irresistible. Just had to bring them home.

In case you're wondering, that huge yellow chicken was a lonely chick hubs hatched in a second attempt..she's an only child. She's playin' momma to the newbies.

This little girl is a black sex link, Her feathers should be barred when she's full grown. She will become an egg laying machine!

This little yellow chick is a buff cochin. She has fuzzy feet. Her friend is a silver lace wyandotte. When mature, each feather will be silvery white edged in black.

On this pic, our little buff cochin is posing with a white jersey giant. As the name implies, she will be a large, all white bird.

All of these cuties will be layers of a variety of brown eggs. Hopefully they are all hens. The only ones that are sure to be hens are the black sex links. As for the rest, we'll have to wait and see.

SPRING 2010.....NEW CHICKIES!

Once again, hubs hatched some more peeps. But this year, I think he got in too much of hurry. Our He attempted to hatch eggs laid in the brutal cold of winter. Only a few hatched. Hubby thought if he got a head start they would be laying throughout the summer months. Live and learn.

Our grandson Jack watching the first two chickies....Precious!

2 more newborn babes "sun bathing" under the light

Our first 4 peeps born in late January....what will they look like when they're all grown up??

HATCHING CHICKENS

Hubs decided to try his hand at hatching chickens. Of 24 eggs, 16 of them hatched! Enjoy the Photos.