since leaving our property, i have missed our chickens terribly. i could very well have brought them with us but the thought of them leaving the surroundings in which they had grown up & all that space felt a little cruel, plus the new owners seemed very happy to keep them.
so this weekend i adopted two little ladies that are just adorable. we were going to get babies & hand rear them but the thought of waiting 6 months for eggs was just too long. so these little ladies are 20 weeks & they are gorgeous. the naughty thing is that we didn't buy them from a pure bred breeder, which i feel a little guilty about but the next ones will definitely be pure breeds (much like buying non hybrid seeds, its all about preserving heirloom breeds which haven't been bread to specifically churn out a million eggs etc etc).
they have an old bird avairy to roost at night & lay eggs but they are free range & have the entire backyard to run around in. they have settled in beautifully & i think they're enjoying this new found freedom a lot. they thanked me with 2 eggs the morning after we bought them...fabulous!
such low maintenance & rewarding pets. i have neighbours with avairies of finches & weeros but simply do not understand why a couple of chickens couldn't take their place. at $7.00 a carton for organic, free range eggs...it makes a lot of sense.
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Nice! I love this idea a lot! One day when I have a back yard I'm definitely going to get chooks. I think they're gorgeous.
They are gorgeous...but very cheeky...they have discovered how to break out of their pen & so each arvo when the garage door goes up when I arrive home, there they are staring back at me ready to make their dash to freedom!!
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