Comments on: Everywhere a chick, chick

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:26:07 +0000

that’s awesome! so sorry one of them didn’t make it, but it’s awesome that you’re getting those different breeds. They’re so cute! I read that chickens are as smart as dogs, even able to learn self control and delayed gratification. Have fun!

By: Curbstone Valley Farm

Curbstone Valley Farm — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:51 +0000

Congratulations on your chicks! I bet they’ve grown a lot already! So sorry to hear your Australorp didn’t survive. We’ve embarked on our first online ordering for chicks that are due to arrive March 29th. It’s just been too difficult sourcing vaccinated chicks locally. I’m crossing my fingers that they’ll arrive safe and sound. What a wonderful mailman Gregg was to bring them too first so they didn’t have to ride around in his truck. I think he should get the first half-dozen eggs for being so considerate! Our post office will make us collect them in person, but we’re quite rural here, and I’m sure they’ll make it home faster if we collect them. I hope you’ll post a follow-up video or two as they grow!

By: Dirty Girl Gardening

Dirty Girl Gardening — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:11:44 +0000

Adorable!

I love your banner pic, too… looks yummy!

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:38:51 +0000

Me, too. They can transition to the coop in about five weeks, at which time they should be fully feathered, if not fully grown. I guess we have to be careful because they’re really good fliers at that stage.

In preparation for the chicks, and in response to many cautionary tales, I have reinforced several aspects of the original coop design, and even installed the equivalent of a booby trap. I think the coop is pretty solid, pretty safe at this point.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:35:50 +0000

Ugh — so true. Where was Wendell Berry when I cooked up this long-distance scheme?

On my shelf. Don’t I teach a subject that deals with critical reading and retention?

By: Joan

Joan — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:57:40 +0000

Congratulations, Jason and Sarah, on your new additions! They are so cute. Glad that they survived–I know they will have a good home with you in the wonderful house built for them!

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:42:42 +0000

Hooray! The chickens are here!
I can’t wait until they’re big enough to live in the house that we built for them.
Also, I love that you know your postman’s name.

By: Amy Reams

Amy Reams — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:45:27 +0000

I love them already!! They are SO cute!!

By: Mike Crolene

Mike Crolene — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:54:52 +0000

This is too cute. Wendell Berry would be proud of your decision not to order online anymore. Sympathetic mind at work.

By: Laura Morefield

Laura Morefield — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:18:23 +0000

So cool! Congrats on your new brood and I’m also sorry to hear about your Australorp. Not surprising that it hit you hard…big hearts, you have!