Our New Little Brood

We got some new chicks! They're cute as can be and thus far we only suspect that one of the seven is a rooster. We decided to diversify a little bit from the last batch. We didn't get any leghorns this time around because, although they are egg-producing machines, they're also pretty skittish and don't like to be touched. We wanted to go for some that are friendly, especially for Bryn the chicken lover's sake. 

So here's the tally: two Rhode Island Reds, two Buff Orpingtons (my pick), two Barred Rock (Nate's pick and one of these is likely a rooster), and an Americana - also known as an Easter Egger, because it lays blue eggs! They're all supposed to be friendly, cold hardy, and good, consistent egg producers.

We kept them inside in a giant tupperware for about a week until the suspected rooster figured out how to get out, run around in our library, and poo everywhere in it. Sick. Also they caused our children to wake up at like 6:15 every morning. Not okay. So on Saturday Nate and I rigged up a nice roomy little enclosure for them and stuck it in the shed. They're lovin' it, and so are we.