chickens

chickens
		chickens don't usually have long lives around here, 'cos as soon as they try sleeping in a tree instead of the coop, racoons get them. so, they don't get names, losing them is more painful if they have names. but they're such a pleasure to have around (& i'm spoiled for fresh eggs!), i keep trying...


spring 09, down to 3 hens, so brot in a batch of 6 new chicks ...

at the beginning of april, 2 black australorps

then on mayday, 2 americaunas & 2 gold laced wyandottes

topaz doesn't allow any roosters, tho. here are a couple of roosters i've brought home, but she decides pretty quickly that they're just too damned cocky to live.