Which Came First... The Chicken or The Egg?

February 13, 2011 our chickens hatched.

I have wanted chickens for years and have saved loads of egg cartons for the day. This year my boys and I just happened to go to the feed store on February 14, the day the baby chicks arrived. They were one day old and it was love at first sight. We were mesmerized. I promised the boys that we would go home, prepare a place and come back to get them the next week. So we did.

This blog is our chicken story and a look at "The Good", "The Bad", and "The Ugly"of what we have learned through this wonderful adventure of raising backyard chickens.

I hope we can inspire you to raise your own backyard chickens or purchase your "Eggs" from those who do so that we collectively can decrease the demand and put an end to "The Ugly" in the chicken industry.

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Thanks for reading, Dorothy

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

First Day Home


As best I can tell from front to back we have:
Noah Cocino, Mabel. Goldie, White Chick aka
(Blanche DuBoi), Lucky, Linda (hidden), Dori

Noah Cocino, White Chick, Goldie,
Mabel, Linda, Lucky, Dori

Noah Cocino
There were three breeds of chicks for us to choose from, Araucana, Road Island Red. and Board Rock. I had decided on the Araucana because I heard that their eggs are healthier with lower cholesterol.  Dylan and Noah each wanted to choose their chick. Dylan chose an Araucana with a stripe down the center of her head. Noah wanted a Board Rock. When I asked him to choose another because we weren't getting this kind, Dylan looks at me and says "Mom, Noah wants this one". I couldn't refuse even though I knew nothing about this breed. So this is how we ended up with seven instead of six.

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