For about 3 years now, Son #3 has begged for us to get chickens.
Christmas 2014, we purchased a chicken coop and anticipated the day we would be able to have each child choose their very own chick.
During Winter School Break, Son #2 and Son #3 went to work on the construction of our simple 3-4 chicken capacity chicken coop. It was sturdy and ready for chickens. However, it was too cold for chicks to be outside January 2, so we waited and waited and waited for Spring to come.
End of February came and we were ready to adopt our chicks.
The sad thing is..... everyone else in the Sacramento area decided to go get chicks too!
We had hopes of getting 4 chicks, however, many of the incubators were empty of hens for the type of chickens our children wanted. Lots of roosters available, but we want our chickens for eggs only.
We were able to find 2 breeds.
Plymouth Rock for Lovely Daughter.
And a Black Sumatra for Son #2.
Here are our first 2 chicks... Pebble and Neptune.
The next week we were able to get 2 other chicks.
Son #1 and Mom got an Americauna which lays blueish, green eggs.
We named her Hazel.
Son #3 wanted a Silky (none available), but was able to get his second choice, a Buff Orpington.
He named her Popcorn.
On March 7 Lovely Daughter's chick, Pebble, died in the morning before her baptism.
It was very sad and we buried Pebble before the baptism.
We let her know that we were going to make a special trip so she could adopt a new chick.
She was comforted and she had a beautiful baptism.
We went with her to find a new chick. There were not any Plymouth Rock chicks available, so she decided on getting a Golden Laced Wyandotte.
She named her Flutter.
All four chicks lived in our house for a little over A MONTH! YIKES!
When the chicks started flying out of their box, Mom couldn't take it anymore and they all went out to begin their adventures in their new home, the coop.
They were a little hesitant at first.
Flutter, being the youngest, couldn't even get passed the others.
Trying to figure out what their getting into.
Hmmm.... not too bad.
Come on Neptune... you can do it!
Our chicks... Hazel, Popcorn, Flutter and Neptune
