Meet the New Babies

Happy May Day! No flowers to show, but last night Earl and I headed out to finally get our baby chicks! We haven't had chickens for the last two years, and I have missed them.  I find their soft clucking and gentle peeping such a pretty sound.

 So after whitewashing the coop and pulling down my grandfathers brooder light to keep them warm, off we went to choose our chickies.  It was hard to choose, the place we went was like a chicken smorgasbord!  We ended up with a mix of 2 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Aracaunas (blue eggs!), 2 Black Australorp, 2 Silver Lace Wyandotte, 2 Light Brahmas, and one each of Speckled Sussex and Wellsummer. The Wellsummer is supposed to lay very dark brown eggs.  But the Sussex and Wellsummer  weren't sexed so we may end up with roosters. We're rolling the dice with them. So 12 chicks in all.  We are going to have the prettiest mixed flock!

I went out this morning to make sure they were warm and doing well. They are a bit skittish so they all ran to the corner to be together when I came in.  We will be friends eventually. Aren't they just adorable? We smiled all the way home with our little box of peepers.  Victoria came home from work at 10:30 p.m. and headed straight out to see them.  We are all pretty enchanted with the little  darlings.

 

Happy May Day to everyone! May is my favorite month of Spring.  Everything blooms and the leaves unfurl.  The grass already needs to be cut and we are busily cleaning up the yard and gardens while we plan outdoor parties and coffee in the garden :>)  Garage Sales kick off this weekend here. I have a long list to attend later this morning.

What's your favorite thing about May?