Chick Days

Well it’s that time again…time for more chickens, that is.  It is not uncommon to find chickens at the Colvin household at some time in your visits here.  With the move happening in the colder weather we were unable to bring our chickens from the old house and unfortunately without our dogs around for protection, the majority of them mysteriously disappeared, except of course, for some mean roosters.  But for those of you who know our history with chickens, that has proven to be our fate…mean roosters!  So a month or so ago, Joe and I set the posts for a new chicken pen for our new house in an attempt to return fresh eggs to our breakfast table.  The chicks arrived yesterday much to our excitement!  We now have 15 variety hens and one lucky rooster.  Of course at this stage of the game they are all just chicks, but soon they will lose their soft downy appearance in exchange for some breed defining feathers.  Until then, they are getting excessive attention from all of the little people around here.    I absolutely love this picture as it shows the affection that only a four year old can show to a baby chick.  The kids are eager for me to “just feel how soft they are”, “don’t you want to hold one?”  I reassured them that I have in fact held many in my lifetime and would rather not risk getting pooped on,  but am happy to take joy in their joy!  I also informed my children that if they would get the chickens used to them, by holding them, that they would one day have very friendly chickens…rooster included.  So as you can see they are doing their best to love on the chickens during their free time.  For now they, along with their cousins, have named several of them as follows:  Henny (Holland’s), Penquin (Sydney’s), Owl (Nick’s), Bald Eagle (Charlie’s), Bullet (Jackson), Roosty (Benji), Oreo (Harrison), and Sunny (London).  They are working on the rest, but for now any suggestions are welcome!