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Overnight, M and G have turned into suburban farm girls. They are the proud new owners of two baby chicks. We're hoping to add three more by the end of the week; so eventually, we'll have a good little flock of egg layers.
This is Jane (of
Jane Eyre and
Dick and Jane association) -a docile little dear who likes to snuggle down and fall asleep in M's hands.
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And Wendy (of
Peter Pan ) it seems, is the more curious and jumpy of the two.
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This is our family's first chicken venture (actually first animal venture of any kind). When I was growing up my family had one chicken that we kept as a pet (even painted her toenails red and had her wear a pearl necklace- poor thing!) but I'm really excited about the prospect of keeping chickens for the eggs (as well as treating them like beloved pets of course!)
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We will be fixing up the shed in the backyard to be a coop for our brood, but for now the little chicks stay indoors in a box under a heat lamp.
We live in a very suburban neighborhood within the city limits, but one thing I love about Austin are the liberal city ordinances concerning livestock. Chickens are no problem! So far, they're pretty inexpensive little creatures. I've spent under $30, and most of that was on the heat lamp.
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I'll keep you updated as to how our little adventure turns out...Does anybody have any good chicken advice they'd like to relate?
2 comments:
How fun! I'm really curious to hear how this works out for you!
How fun! I'm really curious to hear how this works out for you!
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