introductions

our little chickens have names.  most of the names were given to them by my 3 and 6 year old sons, so they reference cartoons or superheros.  after assigning names to a couple of them i had to remind my boys that these are Girl chickens, to which asher said: "oh man.  i don't even like girls."

the photos in my first blog post show the girls at one day old.   the photos below show the them at one week old.  they were already standing taller, growing wing feathers, and starting to show some individual personality.  we decided to have a mixed flock (i totally have a flock of chickens!) for the fun of learning about the different breeds and so that we can easily tell all the chicks apart.  here they are:

Singer - the easter egger

she makes the most noise

 

Isabella - the welsummer

named after the girlfriend of phineas from the phineas and ferb cartoon the boys love

 

Red - the rhode island red

she's red...

 

Lois Lane - the golden laced wyandotte

the boys could not think of any other girl names

Flash - the speckled sussex

she's the fastest and the flash is their favorite superhero

Venus - the barred plymouth rock

greyson wanted to name her "venus fly trap"

 

 chicken feet

girls, meet everyone.  everyone, the girls.