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Chickens!?

I've always been an animal lover. As a little girl I collected animal fact cards like little boys used to collect baseball cards. I had binders full of photos of my favorite animals that I would always flip through. Every time we saw an animal or a dog breed book at Costco, I would sit there and peruse every page day dreaming about the kind of animals I would one day have! When I worked on a teen youth ranch in Idaho the summer after graduating college I was obsessed with racing my girl friends on horseback. I always told myself that I didn't need to get married young, all I needed to be happy was to get to ride my own horse every day. 
Well, now that I'm an "adult" and married to the most wonderful man that I could've ever found, my love for animals has begun to burn again. Starting with our Aussie puppy, Ruby Lou, and spreading to our newly adopted chicks! So this first post on our blog is dedicated to introducing our feather babies! 

 Meet Lolita, our Buff Orpington Chick #1
Hatched 3/23/2016

 This is Boots, our Gold Laced Cochin Chick
Hatched 3/09/2016
We love her feather 'boots' so much!


 This is Nachoooo, our Black Langshan Chick
Hatched 03/09/2016

 Meet Reba, our Buff Orpington Chick #2
also Hatched on 03/23/2016

 This is our sweet Coconut! She is a White Rock Chick
also hatched on 03/23/2016

Our little flock is thriving! And Peeping constantly! 


I've always wanted to have chickens and now that we are on our own and living in the country, I just couldn't resist! 



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