Been Absent

Wow - sorry been away for awhile.... lots going on...  The chickens are doing well - laying areound 6-8 eggs a day!!  Still looking for a Marans of any color... would love to get one laying those dark chocolate eggs!  Totally awesome!  I need to run water and electricity to the coop.  The wife is tired of the hose being strung out all the way to the coop and I know it is going to freeze eventually! 

The number increases...

Well - you know that chickens are pretty social - so my dilemma - I have one chick that needs a friend.....  back to tthe feed store!  Got an Americana to go along with her! 

A couple of weeks later we had an invasion of the coop.  A racoon got in and absconded with my Plymouth Barred Rock!  I was ticked!  So now, I have a lonely Americana who is too small to fit in with the others because she is four weeks younger and smaller!  Back to the feed store!

This time I got pullets that were a little older - the same age as the Americana - and I got 2!  A Rhode Island Red and another Barred Rock!  I am up to 9!  Did I mention that the city limits me to 10?