New Chicks

Eight years ago I thought my (soon-to-be) husband was nuts for accepting some baby chicks from a high-schooler who had hatched them for science.

Six years ago I thought we were totally radical for buying chicks and setting up a roof-top coop at my parents’ house.

These days I practically take for granted the concept of backyard chickens. . . Who doesn’t have backyard chickens? And then why not?  We got started with backyard chickens for under a hundred dollars.  They don’t really take up very much room.  They are great backyard companions and they lay eggs.  It’s basically a no-brainer for us.

So we came home with five more chicks on Saturday.  The boys are ecstatic.  We go to sleep at night to the sound of (surprisingly-loud) cheeping coming from the kitchen, and in 5 months there will be eggs.

Our oldest girls right now are on their fourth year, so egg production from them is pretty low.  Our next few are bantams.  They lay, but they are just adorable teeny eggs, so we’re excited for some more baking-size eggs.  And most excited for some green and blue ones from the two Aurucauna chicks I got!  We can’t wait.