They're here! They weren't scheduled to arrive until the end of the month, but they're here today!I had a 9:00am meeting today and turned my phone on silent. After the meeting, I found that the Post Office had left a message saying the chicks were waiting to be picked up - 2 weeks early! I made a mad dash to the Feed Store and picked up supplies then headed off to pick them up. They were chirping all the way home and I couldn't wait to get them out of the box. I was so excited to find that they were each colored differently. It should be pretty easy to tell them apart.
They're living in the small guest bathroom for now and will probably need to stay indoors for the next 3-4 weeks. They need temperatures of around 90-95 degrees so we've set up a heat lamp over the box they're living in. We'll all probably be glad when they can move into the casita, and it should be nice and warm outside a month from now. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to cuddling up to these little fluff balls.
The names? It's the poll's choice and ours, too. The dark brown one (who seems to be the one at the top of the pecking order) will go by the name El Pollo Loco. The blonde one will be Chick-Fil-A. And the mottled one is KFC. That's clockwise from the dark little head in the top of the photo below.
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Cute! It reminds me of having chicks in my kindergarten class (which is the only time I've ever held one). Have fun! Wish we could bring our girls to see them.
I might be coming around to the idea of chickens. I will always think of them as "Fishy, Kitty and Doggy"
I think Natalie and I were both for Fishy, Kitty, and Doggy. If only they hadn't arrived early!
You'll have to update the blog with their progress. I think Hannah would like to see pictures as they get bigger.
Are they for fun, or eggs? or fun/and eggs? Sometime we'll get out there to see all of you! ;-)
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