Today’s Run:  Rest Day

I might try to run tomorrow.  We’ll see…

I have a friend with whom I run a great deal.  She is 5’9″ to my 4’11”.  We are a pair!  We get a lot of funny looks from motorists as they pass us while we are running.  We actually run about the same pace!  Go figure.

She lives next door to some people who have chickens.  Her neighbors recently had a hatching of baby Easter Egger chickens and were looking to sell some of the chicks.  She wanted to know if I was interested.

Was I interested!?!

You all know how I have lost a few hens over the past month.  It was been devastating for me to watch them pass from illness and predators.  Yes, I was  definitely interested in some baby chicks.

Last Summer, I lost my two Easter Egger hens to that mean and nasty raccoon.  One laid blue eggs and the other laid green.  Their names were Mutt and Jeff.  They did everything together.  They were a pair, those two. The opportunity to get some more Easter Eggers was too much.  I had to have some.

After work last night, MFH (My Favorite Husband) and I drove to my running buddies neighbors house and selected four chicks.  One has yellow feet, one blue and two green.  I know then that I will get at least some blue and green eggs again.  I have never had a hen with yellow feet…does that mean yellow eggs?  How much fun that would be!

They are six weeks old.  They are past the, “Awwww, aren’t they cute!?!” stage into the, “I am just getting my real feathers,” stage.  That means they are in the “Ugly Duckling” stage.  They still “peep”~no “cluck, cluck, cluck” as of yet.

Due to the fact that they do not have all their feathers, that means they cannot be outdoors with my other hens.  They are living in the back room in an old bunny hutch.  All safe from the cats and the dog.

They are noisy!  My goodness they talk a lot!  And there is a definite pecking order present!  Wowee!  Somebody is very much in charge (the one with the yellow feet)!

So, that is what I did last night.  Picked up some baby chickens.  Due to the fact that they are Easter Eggers I need some Easterish names for them.  One will definitely be named Duckling.  Any name suggestions are very, very welcome!