Meet the new chickens. We are the proud (?) owners of six chickens. There are 2 leghorns, 3 rhode island reds, and 1 easter egger in the pen. They are five weeks old. In about 5 more months we expect to have eggs. They are definately pets and not food. They are un-named for the most part. The biggest leghorn is named McNuggets. She was the first to escape the brooder and could have been a tasty treat for the cat. The easter egger is named Chipmunk because that is what the chicks look like when they are a day or two old.
Kris has wanted chickens since he was about 3 years old and saw the chicken chase at the Marysvale rodeo. I can't explain it otherwise. Vic has said that he would never have poultry, but we did keep ducks for a long time. I just like to watch them chase the bugs and they do do a nice job of cleaning up the weedy patches.
The garden is planted. We have strawberries, raspberries, beans, peas, onions, squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes, peppers and sunflowers. Don't forget the sunflowers. If nothing else comes up, they will. The peas, onions and carrots look good so far. The rest will have to wait and see what happens. I hope for a great producing garden and cooperative weather.
