Remember the silly chicken that took up residence with the neighbor's dog? Well, I told Mr. Thomas that we'd take it off his hands once we got the chicken coop all built. So after 5 days of trying, Ellen managed to catch it - with her bare hands WOW! You go girl!! And we plopped her into the coop to meet her new friends. Yeah, that was a few weeks ago, and there was some fussing between the girls, but all is settled out now and Marigold, Hazel and Lillian (the chicken formerly known as Cluck - because she hung out with the dog Buck . . . . alliteration ya know!) are getting along ok.
Marigold is the chicken boss of the group, Hazel is number two and Lil is last. Lil will have a chance to move out of last place when our two little chicks come to live with us. Ginger and Maryann are being raised by my chicken friend and neighbor, Carol. We don't have a set-up for chicks yet (but I'm thinking about next spring already, yeah, I think we could do a pair of chickies!!) so she has them in with hers. I went over to visit them and take a treat of strawberries and carrots the other night. They are getting a little bigger everyday and oh so cute! :)
For now, here's a pix of the first two - Marigold is the light one, and Hazel is the darker with goldish feathers. on her chest
And here's a pix of all three, Marigold in front, Hazel poking her nose in and Lil in the back. They are all a little damp because it had been raining that day and they got sprinkled on a bit ;) :
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