Growing up

Hi and Welcome back to the Chicken Coop!!!
Today I was looking at my chicks, and I noticed how much they are growing!
So I had to take a few pictures....

All three of them eating away.

With Daisy on the left,

Lucy in the middle and Lorsey on the right.

 They are all getting their feathers!!

Miss Daisy, she is really getting her feathers!

She is still the daring one...

 Miss Lorsey,

She is becoming my favorite because she lets me hold her, and when the other chicks (or pullets:) start running around and are scared she just sits there and is calm.

Gotta love her :)

 

 And last but not least, Lucy.

We think she is a rooster.

Why? Well 1.She gives you the stink eye every time you go down there. (like in this picture)

2. She has a wierd peep like not a little "peep peep" but like a "PEEP PEEP".

and 3. Look at her comb in this picture it's really big and she is the smallest!!

So sad to say Lucy might just happen to be, a Ricky.

 

And also just to warn you all three of them don't just "peep PEEP" but they also "POOP POOP!"

I mean like a lot. Right now I have only three chicks and I have to clean it DAILY!

BUT- even with poop pick up I still LOVE being the Chicken Mama.

See ya next week.

Blessings,

Ruthie Lynn

Introducing: The first three

Hi and Welcome back to the Chicken Coop!
Today I am delighted to introduce you to my first three chicks!!!

Here is Miss Lorsey a Rhode Island Red, Spunky yet Calm.
Her hobbies are: Sleeping, Eating ( a lot :) and sometimes she is brave enough to go on the little roost we put in their brooder box! And whatever Miss Lucy ( one of our other chicks she s coming next!) does, Lorsey does too. they seem to be best friends. 
So here are some pictures of Lorsey and me too :-)

Alright on to the next!

Here is Miss Lucy,  A Rhode Island Red,Trouble but Sweet.

Her hobbies are Eating, Slepping standing up until her head is so heavy her beak toches the ground and finally just lays down, Roosting, and sad to say but pecking too. 

So here are some pictures of our sweet little Miss Lucy:

She is our smallest chick.

We think that she is only 10 days.

The other two are at least 2 weeks.

And last but not least,

Miss Daisy the brave.

Miss Daisy really is the brave. As soon as we put the roost in the brooder, she was the first one to hop right up there.

And when we put the water and food in she drank and ate first. And she enjoys Drinking, Eating, and being the first at trying things.

And she has the most feathers out of all of them!

So here are a couple pictures of Miss Daisyand me again too :-).

Well those are the first three of my chickens.

Here are some pictures of all of them in their brooder:

Well those are my three little chicks!

Hope you have a great day.

God Bless,

Ruthie Lynn

Here comes the coop!

Hi and Welcome back to the Chicken Coop!

Lately I have been working on my chicken coop.

It's not quite done yet but I only have a little to go.

Go ahead and take a look!!!

  This picture above is the

back door where I will be able to put the water and feeder in.

 And that is the nesting boxes.

 And the roof on it will be one that we can lift up and get the eggs.

And that is the front.

 The chickens will go down the ramp(the ramp will not be that wide)

and it will lead down to a run.



And the front again! 

Also next week I am painting it red!

And the back of it again.

 And if you are wondering what the cord is that is 

sticking out, it is the heat lamp cord for the winter.

And the little window on the top is for air.

Well that is the Coop!

Have a blessed day! (">

~ Ruthie Lynn ~

Where to get chickens.

Hi Welcome back to the coop!!

If you are getting chickens and are going to get them as chicks and aren't sure where to get them
recommend eithier Murray McMurray or a local Farm and Garden store.  I am probably getting mine at either:http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.org and Murray McMurray is  super cool because they have so many different types of chicken breeds that you can pick from. They aren't expensive and I think they are in Iowa or southern Minnesota. I think they are great but you have to get them by mail, and I for one kind of want to go to the chick place, pick them out myself, and snuggle them on the way home. But on the other hand it would be fun to wait  for them to come in the mail!! I highly recommend Murray McMurray!!  :^. Or another place that I think is also cool is  a nearby Farm and Garden store. They don't have a website, but my mom says that they are on Facebook. But I like them because I can go there myself, and you can see the chicks ( they are so cute I could eat them up!!! ) and that I like because I can get a picture in my mind of what my chicks are gonna look like, and sound like, and even what they smell like!!  And that makes me even more, and More, and More excited!!! I just love chickens!!!
And I hope you love them as much as I do!!!
God Bless,  Ruthie Lynn

A Chicken Poem

Hi Welcome back to the coop!!!

Today I am going to share with you a chicken poem:-) my little brother has a book called "Eric Carle's Animals Animals" book and it is a book of poems on all the different kinds of animals and my mom found a chicken one so without further ado I present you with "The Red Hen" Written by James S. Tippett.  

She turned her head to this side;

 She turned her head to that.

Looking round for tidbits,

 Juicy ones and fat.

Scritchy-scratch went Red Hen's feet;

  Nib-nob went her bill.

She ate of juicy tidbits,

  Until she had her fill.

And then she flew into a nest

  And laid an egg, and then.

With a cut-cut-cut, ca-dah-cut,

   Flew off to eat again.

Isn't that a sweet poem??? I like it Well may the Lord bless your day,  





                                                    God Bless,

                                                    Ruthie Lynn

Books on Chickens

Hi Welcome to The Chicken Coop! Today is very pretty and I love the cool weather :-) I am very excited to blog about these cool books! The first one is called "Chick Days"by: Jenna Woginrich and I really enjoy this book cause it walks you week by week on them growing up and the author  is showing us using her own chickens and how they are coming along week by week and it goes all they way till they are laying hens. I really like it :-) so if you are getting chickens I really suggest this book! Here is the picture below:  Enjoy!!!

And this one is below is called "Keeping Chickens with Ashley English" and I like this one too because it shows you the different kinds of chickens and wich ones are nice, calm, and docile and wich ones are mean, agressive, and flighty and that is nice cause if you think you want this kind of chicken but you aren't sure what their attitude is you just flipon over to chapter 2 ( I think :-) ) and right there it tells you if it is nice or mean  and that right their is nice and it also tells you what to do if your chickens get broody and a lot more things that are similar to that. Take apeek right below at the cover

Wellt hose are the two books for today I hope you enjoy!

God Bless,

Ruthie Lynn

Chicks? or Chickens?

Hello Welcome my Blog! Today if you are considering getting chickens and you are asking chicks? or chickens? Well that I can't answer cause its totally up to you! But.... I can give you some ups and downers about both. Okay lets talk about the goods and bads about getting fully mature Chickens Well I'll tell you the goods first here they are: 1. You know the gender 2. You get eggs right away and 3.You don't have to wait for them to mature. Okay now here's the downers 1.They may not like you as much cause they haven't known you for long 2. They probably will not like being held by you cause they don't know you as well and 3.You don't get to experience the little fuzz balls waddling around and holding them and hugging them and all that me personally would like that. :-)

Okay now to chicks here are the goods about them 1. They are cute:-) 2. You get to take care of them and watch them grow and 3.They will like you a lot more then if you got them as chicks. And now the bads 1. You don't know what gender 2. You have to check for illnesses a lot and 3. You really have to be a mommy ( daddy ) to them and make sure they don't have a sewed up bum. I am getting mine as chicks so that they will like me and people a lot better:-) although right away eggs are nice if you get chickens. Well hope you enjoyed! God Bless, Ruthie Lynn