So...here I am, ready to start my first blog. And about chickens, no less. Amazing! Well, it all started with a move from one state to another to find a happier location to live and work. The home we chose happened to have a "chicken house" in the back of the property, though it was very neglected. It was the summer of last year. My daughter came to stay for the summer to help us spruce things up and move in. This included stripping wallpaper, pulling weeds, scrubbing walls, and a multitude of other chores.
In the midst of the craziness of moving, we had a delay and needed a place to stay for one month since our old house was ready to be inhabited (and not by us) and the homeowner of our new place was not in any hurry to vacate. As we bided our time in the 1 bdrm place we called home for a month, I cruised craigslist quite often, just because....we had no t.v., Gary and I got tired of staring at each other, and it was always interesting to see what people had for sale. Besides, we would probably need things in the garden type area when we DID get to move it to our home.
One fine day of cruising on craigslist led to an email to a posting on "chickens for sale". From there, we made a visit to the home and subsequently plopped down a twenty-dollar bill to purchase 5 chickens. Were any of them roosters? I had been told roosters were not necessary for eggs but couldn't tell at 6 weeks which were which. The gentleman selling the chickens said for us to take all 5 or none at all...so we took the five.
They were so cute! All white with black necklaces and furry feet! What could be better than some new chickens!
grandson helping wake up the chicks
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