meet Gertie... Isn't she a keeper? Gertie and her five new siblings arrived into our home today. I'd like to be more clever than to just coo over over their complete cuteness, but honestly, it is almost hypnotizing. Names are currently being discussed, but I am questioning the viability of my four-year-old's name suggestions like Zoom Zoom and Buzz Buzz. Mind you, his last four pet bugs were also named Zoom Zoom or Buzz Buzz.
We're still perfecting their brooder, but it is coming along nicely and hopefully it will provide a comfortable home. So our family has officially grown by six more. We happily welcome our hens, a Buff Orpington, a Black Australorp, White Plymouth Rocks, Araucanas, and a Silver Laced Wyandotte, and our New Hampshire Red rooster to their new home in New Gloucester.
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Welcome home, little ones!
I love Gertie. Cherish them. They are beautiful little birds. You'll have to rent The Natural History of the Chicken.
There they are at last. Cute as little buttons. Now you are in for some fun. Also let me recommend MAD CITY CHICKENS. Fun and informative DVD. Gertie has a perfect name. I'm betting you will end up with a zoom-zoom and a buzz-buzz too. LOL
Thanks Els and Granny Annie for the resource tips! I can use all the info I can get my hands on.
I know I'm going to be a nervous Mother Hen (pardon the pun) for the first few weeks until I know they all have made it through the initial stages. I'm a little worried about Clark, the rooster (husband named him after hockey great Bobby Clark). He's showing signs of weakness and isn't quite up with the others. But we're keeping an eye on him and hoping it is just the stress of the the commotion of coming home.
May I also recommend British comedy Good Neighbors on DVD. Many libraries carry it. I think you'd get a kick out of it. You do have to watch it from episode 1 though or it won't make as much sense. Hope Clark adjusts soon.
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