WE GOT OUR GIRLS!

I stopped into Valley Wide Co-op today and to my surprise they had 9 Rhode Island Reds in stock...so I bought them all. Hooray! In about 20 weeks (yes, that's a long time, but well worth the wait) we will be getting sweet, wonderful, fresh, delicious eggs. I wish some of the nieces and nephews were here. These little gals are so mellow and easy to handle. Well, here are the girls. (at least we hope they are all girls. Don't want any roosters. Only time will tell)




Here are some pictures of our coop and run area. The coop still needs a window cut out, a chicken door made, and the siding put on. But it is housing our meat birds right now. They are pretty lazy and like to lay in the back corner most of the time. That's okay by me...the get fatter that way!

The coop/run

The roosts...these birds are too heavy to get up there, but the new ones will love it when the get bigger.

Nesting boxes to hold all those beautiful eggs

Ventilation window...identical one on the other side to let the nice breezes blow through.

Two of our birds. The bigger of the two (in the back) loves to be pet under his neck.

The ugly one. Probably a female.