chicken dance

Our chicks from the local hatchery will not be ready to be picked up for another couple of weeks, but the chicken coup is nearly done and we decided to go ahead and get a couple of chicks from the local feed store.

I went down this morning and picked out four fluffy, cheeping babies and brought them home in a cardboard box. On the drive home I couldn't help but remember the day my dad let me get baby ducks at the farmers market.


Lily was understandably very interested in the chicks....we thought maybe having them in a secure cage in the house for a week or so would help her accept them as mates rather than meats.

We have yet to decide a name theme although we are considering the following:
Storybook chicken characters: Henny Penny, Chicken Licken, Little Red Hen
Chicken dishes: Nugget, Cordon Blue, Gumbo, General Tso
Chicken Restaurants: Ya Ya, McNugget, Colonel Sanders

Your suggestions are welcome.

Lily wasn't the only one wanting an up close and personal look at the new babies.

Time for a cat-nap....I mean a chick-nap. Night night baby chicks.