Once upon a time (about 4 months ago, to be precisely imprecise), a hatchery a couple hours' drive from our home had an overhatch sale. For those of you who don't know, an overhatch sale is what happens when a hatchery accidentally incubates and hatches more chicks than they've received orders for, so they have an event where they sell the extras at a fairly steep discount, in this case, $1 a bird for certain breeds. Said breeds included a bunch of my favorites. It was enough to make Jon and me go from
thinking about having chickens again
someday to saying, "What the heck; why not?" Our coop had sat empty for too long, we decided. And so, a road trip was made, and a baker's dozen of assorted chicks was brought home.
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| Everybody say, "Awwwww!" |
And the chicks grew.
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| First day in the coop! |
And grew.
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| Enjoying the shade of the rose bush. |
And grew some more.
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| Breakfast time! |
Until one day, they were all grown up!
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| HOORAY! |
That's right, you guys! Tonight, we have our very first egg from our very own chickens! Everyone is pretty excited about it, so I thought I would share it with you. ☺
Oh! I'm jealous! We want to get chickens...as soon as we move where we can have them, legally.
ReplyDeleteThey're awesome! This is our second try at having chickens, and we've never regretted the decision. I hope you can have yours soon. :)
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