Chicken Mama Update

Maggie's chickens are now 18 weeks old, and we are getting close to having farm (er, I mean cabin) fresh eggs. We ordered pullets, but the big news is that one of the Australorps, named Lucy, isn't a hen. Lucy is a big, cock-a-doodle-doo rooster, which means that we will now have some fertilized eggs and the potential for more chicks. Below is a picture of Mags and Lucy:



We've debated changing his name from Lucy to Lucifer, but he's just so sweet that we haven't had the heart.





This is Cleopatra, but we just call her Cleo. She is the sweetest pullet ever. Unfortunately, Lucy thinks so, too, and just chases her unmercifully. Cleo has to hide under the coop to get away from him. Maybe we will start calling him Lucifer if he doesn't stop harassing Cleo soon.





Then there's Dora, the Explorer. Dora is very friendly. When we walk up to the coop, she is the first one to hop up on a perch to say "hi". She's a sweet bird, too. How'd she get her name? She consistently escaped from the brooder when she was little, and Maggie had to chase her all around the kitchen to catch her. She still likes to get out of the coop/run and explore the yard.



Then...there's Rhonda. Yes, she's named after our friend Rhonda Boswell who proclaimed this Rhonda as the prettiest bird in the flock.







Sorry...pictures of the rest of the flock will have to come later. Seeing all these chickens made me hungry, and I had to go find something to eat...other than chicken.