Our Chickens Then and Now

"We keep chickens so we can sell eggs at the farmers' market and so we can learn how to take care of a pet."
--Derrick

"We keep chickens because as kids we should learn how to keep chickens.  It takes a lot of work, but we do it because we want to be genltemen one day."
--Alzario

The chickens are growing!  This is what they looked like in mid-January:

Three and a half months later, they're almost fully grown.

"Coco likes to have fun in the wood chips with her sisters.  She also likes to fly."

--Derrick

"Sarah is almost two years old.  She is always the first to get food and water."

--Derrick

"Daisy is a Buff Orpington.  When I walked up to her she ran away.  She's the smallest of all the chickens.  She's the last to get food and water."

--Alzario

Whitney is a Rhode Island Red

Tulip is a Buff Orpington.  She's medium-sized.

"Coretta is an Aurecana.  She is about three months old.  When I was watching her she was running around.  She's one of the last ones to get food and water."

--Alzario

Aretha is the biggest Rhode Island Red.  She's almost as big as Sarah, the two-year-old White Leghorn.

Mr. Farmer is named after one of our fifth grade teachers.  (He said it was ok.)  Despite her confusing name, she is a female.  She is the biggest of our three Buff Orpingtons.