Chickens

The chickens are full grown, laying eggs and eating up big girl food. The Australorpes (black) lay brown eggs and the Ameracaunas (multi-colored) lay eggs in shades of pinkish tan, tannish green, blue and green, some are speckled and others are solid. That is fun and why they are called Easter-egers. The chickens now let us pet them regularly. Their feathers are so soft and warm. Even in the cold they are warm and friendly and come out to greet whoever is checking on them. They are laying lots of eggs too. Our usual  count is about 6 eggs a day. Some days there are as few as 3 and some days as many as 10. There are 10 chickens. It is really nice to have them. The other day I boiled a bunch of eggs and they did look like the painted spring eggs we do in March and April. That was fun. I wonder what the kids friends said about them at school. The boys had a friend over and she was very interested in the green eggs.
So here are some updated pictures of the ladies and their colorful creations.

 Ameracauna

 Australorpe

 Egg variations

 Ameracauna

 Australorpes

Eggs