Ten years ago I ordered chickens, but they never came because of it being too hot or too cold or something. Then I found out that I was pregnant and decided to put the chicken plans on hold. A decade later I went to the fair and there were the bantam chickens. My heart melted and I knew it was time to try again. I did what everyone should do. I told the kids we were getting chickens before I talked to my spouse about it. They were sold... so how could he protest. So, no he isn't excited about the chickens, but he seems to be tolerating and supporting the plan pretty well.
I checked with Wilco and they were getting their silkie bantam chicks in May. In February we ordered the Eglu Go Up coop. It came surprisingly fast and we spent several days putting it together. I decided to get bantams because they are small and sweet and they melt my heart. I settled on silkies because they are soft and they can't fly. So I figured my garden would be safe from them. I don't plan for them to have unsupervised time outside of the run, but I didn't want to worry about my garden if the kids have the chickens out. Then I realized that if I just protected my raised beds, I could get more breeds of bantams and it would keep the cats from pooping in my garden too. On a Friday after dinner, we set out to Wilco to pick up some poultry wire to start work on this protecting the garden plan... and they had chicks. They even had silkie and cochin bantam chicks. After some back and forth in my head that really was quite painful, I changed my plans. We picked out 6 sweet little chicks and brought them home. We won't know for quite some time if they are girls or boys. Bantams come straight run and you often have to wait for them to either crow or lay an egg to be sure of their gender. So we may not get to keep all six. My Two SilkiesKarl's CochinsNorma's Cochins
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