I'm hoping to blog their progress from chick to chook (and beyond)...
It all started with me saying quite innocently to a friend "I could quite fancy a couple of chickens" and within a week I was the very proud owner of Sage and Onion
Sage'n'Onion are POL (Point of Lay) Isa Brown (sex-linked) pullets. Only Onion is actually laying at the moment, but I'm sure it wont be long before Sage starts too.
They are great birds, and very funny to watch. They have different personalities too. Onion (who has the creamy feathering on her back) is more outgoing and is always forst out of the coop on a morning. Sage is more timid, but will run the full length of the garden to me if I have a garden spade or fork in my hand.
I was just at the feedstore to buy a proper trough for the food, but couldn't help noticing the pen of baby chicks. As soon as I saw them I was "aaaaw" and I think I watched them for about 20 minutes before I found myself saying, "could I have six mixed chicks please?"
They are unsexed, so I probably have a cockerel (aka a "roo") or two in there. Any males will, unfortunately, be destined for the crock pot as I don't have a secure area to keep a roo - plus although a roo lives in the field next door, I can't imagine my neighbour being too enamoured with a roo living *right* next door lol.
So, on day 1 they looked pretty much like this:
By day 2 they were already changing, growing and feathering up:
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