More CHANGES - Leghorns now

by Robin

On April 14th, we were blessed to hear peeping coming from our embryology eggs. By the 15th, we had 3 baby chicks hatched out. One died that day so we were left with two.

They spent 3 weeks under heating lamps and soon joined by 3 from my friend's project. She had 3 Light Brahma babes and mine were White Leghorns. I picked them specifically for their large white eggs.
We enjoyed each and every stage of their growth. We let them live for 6 weeks on our back porch to ensure their survival from cats or wildlife. I sneezed. We watched their feathers come in and their combs turn red. It was a 4H project that turned into a life lesson filled with love and excitement.
I was entirely delightful that we had 3 girls in the bunch. The 2 boys went to the Feed & Seed store to find a farm of their own where they could crow to their heart's delight.
And then one day, we stumbled on our first egg and our girls one by one, beginning to lay eggs. I was as proud as they were. They began enjoying their petting time with us.

I took this photo on Tuesday when I was getting pics of Aunt Bea. I made an unfamiliar chicken howl and got Penny to fluff up in defense. She even stomped her feet at me. I called her a silly girl.

Thursday, these two girls are going to Christmas, FL to a modest-size farm of our Poultry Club leader. Her hubby is also the local livestock county-extension agent. They will have a great time with 200 of their other friends. I feel a bit badly that Penny will be lost without a human to talk to her. She has always like human companionship. Essie doesn't like people. A flock is right up her alley.

I miss you girls too. Thank you for teaching me so much about the poultry world and how delicious free-range eggs are. I know the world may think it is silly when I cry after I drop you off, but I don't care.

Your Adoptive Chickenmom