David JUST ordered our chicks. He is TOTALLY excited. To hear him tell, its the beginning of our "farm"!! It is just too hysterical to imagine!! We ordered 10 Assorted Chantecler, Pullets (females). They are coming from a distributor in Texas and will arrive the week of 4/21/08 right after we get back from Missouri. Here is a link to the distributors web site. https://secuservices.com/ideal/newideal/Products.aspx . The picture shows the 3 different varieties of Chantecler! From the top down: Partridge, Buff, and Red. Buff is currently out of stock, so I excect mostly Partridge and Reds. The usual minimum order is 25 chicks. NOT FOR ME THANKS! I'll pay the small order fee of $7. Because it is a small order, we will likely get a bunch of males of other breeds. This is to help the poor little darlings stay warm whilst they are being shipped. It will be interesting to see what shows up!!! -----------------------------------------------------------------
So - the other preparations will now begin. David is gathering materials to build the coop. It will be out behind the house. I'm not recalling his final decision on the dimension - but roughly 6x8. It will have a nice large yard for them to cluck about in. This location is easily accessible from the garage and back door - and hopefully will help us to keep up with feeding, watering, and maintenance - and of course - gathering eggs.... He has purchased the deck materials. And - just this morning - got an extra door and window from a friend of ours that has recently done some renovations. Her house is 200 years old - it is very cool to think that a small piece of Eagle Mills history will now reside in my chicken coop. Thanks CJ!!!! You'll have a supply of eggs for awhile - provided this works of course.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So, friends - get ready for eggs and you brave stock cooking types (you know who you are!!) get ready for the cocks we don't want......
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