Just Add Chickens

We have added chickens to our little (but growing) farm!

I am definitely embracing this farm life more and more, I was actually looking forward to bringing home these little fluffs. We had discussed getting 6 - 8, thinking as first time chicken raisers we didn't want to be overwhelmed...but somehow we came home with 10! 10 little chicks in a box, a small box.

So far, they are pretty shy. I have told Farmer that I think we should handle them on regular basis to try to domesticate them. Well as domesticated as chickens can be. 

They are adjusting well to their new home. Which seems pretty large, but I know that they will have to be in this home for many weeks, hopefully they don't grow too quickly. Ha!

They are so cute and fluffy! It's been so much fun to watch them run around and learn to perch. They are a bit unsteady but learning fast. I hope I like them as well when they are just big birds.

We are working their names. It's tough to come up with 10 chicken-appropriate names. I have decided on 

Tilly, Dixie, Lizzy, Anabelle, and Pancake. I am able to tell the ones that are named apart...for now. I hope they maintain a bit of their color differentiation so that remains the case. But as their feathers come in they are becoming more and more alike, so wish me luck. 

So Cute!!!

Burger VonQuarterPoundersteakington

or Heffer Locklear... or Kareem Abdul Kabob... Or Cud Rock... or The Great Barrier Beef.
Just a few of the ideas we came up with for the new cows.

Here they are coming off the trailer.

Checking out their new pen

Having their first meal at their new home. They were very hungry.

Then we invited the cat to come meet the new cows.

Gatita spots them and is not so sure she wants to go any closer.

Then she decides that since we are there, it's ok to move in closer.
Besides, they aren't looking anyway.

So Gatita decides to be the first to try out their bedding,
a far cry from her cozy bed in a climate controlled house.

"Gatita's Last Stand"?!?!

If you look closely you can see Gatita with a very unhappy look, she is seriously considering not letting the cows go into the barn. This from the cat that won't be in the same room as a dog.

So there's the first night. Hopefully we are as enthralled in a year from now. Hopefully, we don't loose a cat to a tete a tete with the cows.