Babies

Spring is the time of year for babies.  You have met the baby calf that joined our family this year.  Here are our most recent baby additions.

This is our inexpensive, makeshift brooder (clear sterillite tub, paper towels, heat lamp and an old window screen as a lid.  I use paper towels to line the box for the first week or two because the chicks have not figured out what is food and what isn't and I don't want them eating shavings)

3 chicks we are adding to our small flock.  We had 8 layers, but we lost one on new years eve.  We also have Kudzu the game hen.  We decided to add just a few more chickens this year (mostly because of my desire to have baby animals around this spring).

We ordered 4 chicks, but one of them unfortunately did not make it.

Gold laced wyandotte (Dahlia)

Silver laced wyandotte (Zinnia)

White plymouth rock (Daffodil)

 Yes all the chickens have names and yes theya re all named after flowers (no I don't plan on eating them---we already have:

Rhode Island Red (Poppy)
Jersey Giant (Citralia...no that is not a real flower, but that is another story for another day)
2 Barred Rocks (Azalea and Tulip)
3 Easter egger hybrids (Magnolia, Marigold, Lavendar)
Wheaten game hen (Kudzu...rescue chicken, also another story for another day)