Chickens!

[siercia]

I've been TALKING about wanting to get chickens for a very long time now. I have never actually managed to do it, because there were just enough complicated bits that I never quite wrapped my head around getting it all done. I mean - just the description of ordering wee baby chicks alone was enough to make my head spin, never mind picked a coop,

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[ladybird97]

OF COURSE one of them must be named Camilla! The white one, right?

Congrats on finally getting them, and good luck!

[siercia]

Hopefully, yes, the white one, but I'm going to let Hannah pick which one she gets to name, so maybe not. I'm wicked excited for these girls. I am so excited to finally have them!

[digitalemur]

Oh, they're both gorgeous. So fluffy! The red one-- it's a hen? Big comb, for a hen, is why I ask. How old are they?

You can keep up to 4 in a regular Eglu, right? Well, then you just need two more, so there's an egg for each of you plus one for the pot!

[scirocco]

They're both girls, they both are still laying. The rhode-island red mix (with the comb is younger, and lays more. The Orpington is a BIG chicken, so perhaps this Eglu would be comfortable for three. :) It's held three (with this pair included) before. But the model IS rated for four.

[digitalemur]

Oh good, they're laying now? Cuz she looked kinda butch in that photo. I'm not doing so well with judging scale in pictures of chickens because I didn't realize that was an Orpington. Also I've never seen an Eglu in real life yet.

I miss chickens so much, so I'll be out in my garden today thinking of yours and envying.

[siercia]

Yeah, I thought she looked kind of butch too, but we trust the person we got her from. Also, no crowing, so I think we're good. The Eglu is pretty ingenious although it doesn't look at all like a coop.

It's tough to judge scale in the pictures because there's nothing to compare them with - but the light colored one is HUGE! You can come visit our chickens whenever you want.