EGGS

It has been discovered what came first - the chicken (the egg took a while...). After an endurance trial of 6 months, our flock is happily laying. Here is a photo log of the past six months of chicken hood.

{This is Heidi - a Wellsummer breed}

We picked up our chickens on a whim at The Urban Farm Store. We purchased them for all the right reasons - because they were adorable. They quickly grew out of that "phase", and every time we went back to the store, for food or knowledge, Maya remarked that the new chicks are cuter than ours ever were.

{Cherry - the Silkie and ugly duckling}

Sadly our dear Cherry turned out to be a boy (the molting buff silkie in the photo above). We had to return the he/she to the country. The silkie is an ambiguous breed and all investigation into the sex said wait until it either lays an egg or starts crowing. Cherry started crowing and now she lives with a different flock. We like to imagine our little turkey strutting and crowing with his own kind. We are better off without a rooster.

{This is Tulip - the big Australorp. We also have a small Australorp named Amelia}

Then one day they were full grown.

{You can't see in this photo, but this egg is blue. It came from Paloma, the Ameraucana}

And the final result: a demented coop-keeper and his prize.