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My chickens, that is!!! :D

I woke up with a hunger to get outside. We’re still having cool, country mornings and the birds were singing when I woke up. David came in from work all energized and perky and anxious to tell me the wonderful details of yesterday’s home inspection. Inhaling the scent of coffee and not really waking up for a good hour, I tried to take it in. More cardboard was NOT appealing today and I was dragging my feet.

So, spontaneously we packed up and headed to the co-op store to buy our chick supplies and then over to Jen’s to get our babies. They came in on Sunday but I wasn’t ready for them with everything else. It was bumming me out pretty badly though that I was going to miss their fuzzy-chick size entirely, getting them in that weird and awkward feather stage instead. And, having to leave my whole corn patch and a good 75% of my maturing garden was at the forefront of my mind so I “changed what I could” and went and got my babies!!

They are soooo cute!! We have two little unexpected ones in addition to the five we ordered. Richard is a rooster, a Red Star they put in for extra warmth. And Chipotle is a “fancy breed”, which we haven’t identified yet, and we don’t know he/she/it is a rooster or hen. They threw in an extra Rhode Island Red too for good measure and so we have….(drumroll)…. SIX RED HEADS!!!

How cool is that?!

Their brooding box is in the kitchen and they are chirping happily. I think the finches are freaked out that other birds are making noises so close to them. I’ve got lots of plants to get potted for next week and I plan to just fairly wallow in the fresh air and dusty grass. It’s a day for barefeet.

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