Chicks and followers...

This past week I have noticed I have lost a few followers. If you are not going to follow my blog anymore, that is fine, just let me know in a comment. I have no idea who stopped following and I am kind of curious :). Anyway here are some new pictures! Sweet little Aretha. I think she will be a photographer when she grows up-she kept pecking the camera!
Here is Hillary with some chick fluff still left...

And Rosalynn investigating my skirt. Dad is working on an addition to our coop so we can move the little chicks in to it. We can't mix the older chickens with the young chicks. That would be a lot of pain on the younger chicks part :). Thank you for following my blog and commenting! This new following fiasco has made me realize how much I like getting comments from you! So thanks again!

Oh no, it's a dude!

As my friend Kate always says, well she just says the word "dude" a lot. Anyway, I am getting worried that Aretha isn't as feminine as we thought her to be. We might have another rooster in the making. Darn.

I guess I might just be a bit paranoid after Richie, but as the guy at the Grange told us "You've got to have a rooster". Hmm, I may be counting my roosters before they crow.

They grow up so fast *tear*

Oh, do you see those wings growing in? They are coming fast.

Super-cute Aretha!

Pictures tell a thousand words.... Here goes...

Egg Carton Time...

We sell a lot of the eggs we get from the chickens to our neighbors and other friends. My sister and I design the egg cartons so they have a picture of a chicken on them, and some information regarding the nutritional content on the inside. We haven't made new ones for a few years so here are some pictures I am thinking of putting on the cartons.

Meet Dolley~

Dolley Madison is a golden sex link chicken, one of the two yellow chicks.

More pics!

Ooooohhh, I love these chicks! They are much friskier than the older one(when they were chicks), but I love them all the same. Plus, they are all extremely photogenic. Especially Aretha, here...
Shadow kept stealing people's chairs....The weirdo...

Here is Lady Bird-The first to drink out of the new watering system.

Shadow saying hello again.

Photos! Photos!

Here are the promised photos! First, I would actually like to explain their names. The theme is First Ladies. The names are:

• Jackie Kennedy
• Dolley Madison
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Hillary Clinton
• Lady Bird Johnson
• Rosalynn Carter
• Aretha Franklin

You might have noticed that Aretha Franklin is not a First Lady. Good for you. Well, when we were driving home, one of the chicks kept singing all the way home. Mom christened her 'Aretha'. Here are the pictures! Group shot here... The two lighter colored ones are Aretha and Dolley. Nice pic of Lady Bird, the Wyandotte Aretha looking quizzical. There are about 25 pictures with her in various poses. Jackie, who we have nicknamed 'Jacque'. I really have no idea why.

Hillary the barred Plymouth rock. You can tell Hillary from Eleanor, because Hillary has these yellow stripes near her eyes. The stripes actually resemble eyeliner.

We are having so much fun with these guys! They are already growing up. It goes too fast! (Well, admittedly it has only been two days, but you know)

EEeeeekkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yay! I am so excited!!!! We just got little chicks! So we were only going to The Grange to get a heat lamp and chick feed, because we had planned to get the chicks this Wednesday. However, we got there and the lady said they wouldn't be stocking any on Monday, and we were very sad. But, THEN, we went to the little chick area and there were a lot of chicks. We ended up getting three silver Wyandottes, two Golden Sex Links, and two Barred Plymouth Rocks. They are sooooo cute! All the pictures come tomorrow, but here is a hint of what to expect.

This is Rosalynn(Carter).

P.S. They are sooooo cute! and awesome!