I got Chickens!

I am so excited! After many years of asking my husband has finally relented! So of course he is the only one in the house not excited that we brought home these 6 adorable, fluffy little bantam chicks! Yes, that's right, I said bantam. Meaning half the size of regular chickens. Turns out their eggs are so small it takes 3 to make 1 regular sized egg. But they are still delicious!

These babies are so fun to watch. We had a little adventure the first 24 hours. One of the little chicks didn't make it. Unfortunately that is to be expected. We found out our brooder wasn't quite warm enough. The 5 little chicks would huddle together under the heat lamp and weren't eating or drinking. So after a little reading and some surfing through forum of one of my new favorite website: www.backyardchicken.com I finally figured out what was wrong and within an hour they were running around like- well you know what- and eating and drinking. They are such funny little characters.

Also after searching for 2 days, I think I have finally figured out what breeds I have. The local store we purchased them at gets them through an Ohio hatchery. They are sent in mixed batches so the clerks had no idea what they were. I have been told that Aster and Scamper are Australopes and Pearl, Luna, and Lily are Cochins.  So without further ado, here are their pictures.