FRIDAY!!!

It is the best day ever. here's why:
1. We are going on a field trip to skateport
2. We're gonna watch the Waltons for the first time
3. Chickens
4. Chickens.

Dad picked me up early and I chose 3 adorable chicks. You can tell the 2 Rhode Island Reds apart because Telula has a darker head. Petunia is in my lap as we speak. Chick little is going crazy over hers (I didn't tell her that it's the loudest one!) It's raining and hailing like crazy and I was scared on the drive home. We used a cooler for the brooder and pine pellets for bedding. Our food is Purina chick starter and we are using a 40 watt bulb to warm them. So far all is well, the brooder is in the garage, mom hates their wiggly feet.

Answers

My dear commenters asked me some questions, here are your answers. Scott, there are over 600 hundred chicken breeds, and they range in size and color. Our breeds are fairly standard. By the way, some breeds lay blue and green eggs!(" I do not like green eggs and ham...") Tee Hee. Tribute to Dr. Suess. I will train them to come when I call them. Also, Angel is too feisty to be near the chicks right now. Angel is at the top of this post!

NAMES

It is Thursday but I didn't have time to tell you that we came up with Chicken names. This list will show whos chick is whos.

Person:Dad Chicken girl Chicken little
Breed: Buff Orpington Rhode Island Red Rhode Island Red
Name: Delila Petunia Telula

Why I made this blog:

A little more than a year ago I didn't know anything about Chickens. I didn't even know about the different breeds! Then I picked up my mom's issue of Wonder Time, and there was an intriguing story about a family who raised chickens. Something about it caught my eye and that evening my dad and I talked about them for hours while he did some plumbing. So, when mom tucked me in bed that night I asked her the question, "Mommy, I know this sounds kinda weird but...can we get chickens?" We were living in a duplex at the time but my mom said that someday we could. I was trilled, I became the chicken expert. If there was a library book about them I had read it 4 times. I looked at every word on every chicken website, if I saw ANYTHING with an egg or a chick/chicken on the cover I devoured it. After a while I got caught up in other things. But when this school year started I was obsessed more than ever. In my class I am the chicken kid. Jokes are pointed toward me frequently, I don't mind at all. Once again though I slumped off my obsession. We were in a new house with a barn and acreage, and even though I was still the chicken girl, my family got a new puppy and I felt my parents forgot their last year promise. Finally, yesterday, girl in my class(who we will call Sara) and her mom brought in 12 chick eggs an incubator and 3 duckling eggs.A brooder too. They caused a distraction in the class but I loved watching the delicate squirmy things peck out of their eggs. One problem-they found a farm to take 9 chicks, but that left 3 homeless. i got home and talked to my parents earnestly, I was on my hands and knees. Dad had always wanted them, but mom said, "No more than 2, also, I'm not gonna have anything to do with them" so she e-mailed my teacher. Today my teacher said that the other chick needed a home, so she e-mailed my mom and gave her a guilt trip. My mom agreed. I'm ecstatic! My dream is coming true. Sara said I get first dibs, and on Friday I'm choosing them all and they're coming home! This blog will tell of my first experience with poultry.