Wednesday, March 5, 2008

An Early Easter Gift

After seeing Marisa's cute post about baby chicks, I dreamt about chickens all night long. I saw my family cuddling with them as babies, I saw us taking care of them as they matured, and I saw us enjoying the work of feeding them and gathering the eggs they laid. The next day, I could not get it out of my head, so I called Marisa to see how much work they are. After talking to her and reading her "Backyard Farming" blog, Eric and I decided (well, more me) to go and get our baby chicks.

We are really loving them. I can't tell you how much fun it is to hold these cute cuddly things. I check on them almost every hour and my kids always want to hold them. They really don't require much effort to be taken care of. Just food and water every day and change the bedding every few days. We also have a heat lamp on them because they need warmth.


The black one is a black sexlink (holds the record for the most eggs laid in a day) and that one is Hayden's. He named her "Batman". The reddish one is a Rhode Island red and is named "Maggie". And the yellowish white one (my favorite one) is a white sexlink named "Bailey".



Here's Maya saying "Hi!" to the chickies.
I am totally in love with them!!


8 comments:

Chelsey said...

So cute! What a fun pet! I kind of want some now... But I don't think Tim would go for that, since we already have two dogs.

Brent's Family said...

Wow.. A farm girl.. But Brandi Chicks grow up!!! good luck and have fun. You guys are cute fun..
Love ya Dad

Brandi said...

I know...I keep worrying about the grown up chicks! You know I have that farming blood in me, though!

Jody said...

Ah, I love the chicks! How soft and fluffy!!
Best of luck with them. With farming in your blood, no doubt they will be happy little chicks :) Be sure to post an update sometime later when they are big, I'd love to see them!!

Oh hey, you could enter them in the Davis County fair next fall!! How cute would that be?

Amber said...

They are very cute; I can see how you couldn't resist!

Now that your computer is functioning again, I expect more regular posting, and comments on my blog! :)

emily salway said...

So glad to see you back and blogging...it has been a while for you! What cute chicks! What a fun mom you are.

Timothy & Kimberly Pettitt said...

So cute!! Do they smell?? BTW--You look so good--like you've lost some weight!

Brandi said...

Thanks, Kimberly! I need to save it for another post, but I've lost almost 40 pounds. I'm glad somebody noticed!

And, no...they don't smell. I just make sure to clean their cage every couple of days, and they're in the garage, so I just vent that area a little every day.