March 10, 2017 will be forever known in our family as "Chicken Day!"
Why? Four years ago, we started the dream of having chickens. We even named our potential feathery friends Misty and Dawn. But after mom checked the HOA regulations, we found out we could not have any fowl on our property. Bummer!
Fast forward 4 years, and now we have our farm and there are no "fowl" rules here. So, we started making plans. Emmy got a book for Christmas on chickens and we made a careful study of the different types. We determined the best ones for us would be a Rhode Island Red, a Plymouth Rock, a Buff Orpington, a Novogen and 2 Americaunas. Mom and Emmy made multiple trips to Wilco to scout out supplies, talk to people and visit the brooders. Emmy carefully marked up the chart provided by Wilco that told us when each type of chicken was coming in. Wilco imports a batch of chicks every Friday for a few months in the spring. Based on all the information, we picked March 10th as our starting date.
Emmy counted down the days to "Chicken Day", each day telling mom how excited she was to get chickens. When Chicken Day finally rolled around, she couldn't wait to get through school to go. We had to set a departure time, so she would stop asking.
At 1:30, sharp, mom, Emmy and Grammie piled in the car and headed to Wilco. We fought through the crowds hovering around the tanks of chicks and grabbed the closest sales person. Emmy knew exactly what she wanted and we had the chicks finally in our possession.
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| Happy Girl! |
Once back at the farm, Emmy introduced each chick to the water and food and placed it gently in the brooder. Welcome home, chicks!
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| Sally |
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| Jenny |
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| CiCi |
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| Dawn |
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| Misty |
George was quite interested in the chickens and immediately assumed it was his duty to protect them.
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| Protector George |
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