Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Eva turned out to be a rooster!

We took Eva to a nearby farm, the neighbor didn't like to hear her crow in the mornings. So we gave it away. They had lots of chickens, a goat, and cats, I hope she'll be happy there.

That same day we went to a chicken farm and picked out a new one for Miles. It is all white, so we named her snowball. She always goes in the opposite part of the chicken coop or the yard as the other chickens because she is afraid of them. I hope they all become friends. Here Miles is holding snowball but he dropped her and it looks like she's going in the food down the slide on Miles' arm. Ha ha ha!

We try and hold her alot so she will get tame like the others. The lady we bought her from said she would start laying in August.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Our pets

We got these chickens for Easter as chicks, they were really cute! Their names were:
Buff Orpington - Eva, or, Big Fat Eva, or Big Foot as we began to call her when she turned out to be the biggest and the fattest, and has HUGE legs and feet! This one is Miles'
Rhode Island Red - Peep, she is Tyson's
PLymouth - Wally is Brielle's, but Miles got to name it.
Silver Lace Wyndotte - Birdie is Kayla's
Easter Egg - Kaiya, or, Puffy Cheeks because now that she is bigger she has lots of feathers on her cheeks making them look puffy! This one my mom picked out.

They love to run around in our backyard and eat grass, bugs, and sometimes our garden. Sometimes they argue about the worms. Once Eva and Wally were arguing about a worm and Eva got it because she pulled harder than Wally. Sometimes the worms break in half!

Right here Kayla is holding Puffy Cheeks. Now here I am holding Puffy Cheeks, before her cheeks got puffy.
When they were really tiny and little we kept them in our house in a big tupperware. They eat chickie food, and will until they start laying eggs.
They loved to perch on this piece of wood. This picture they are all asleep. Sometimes when they were little and they were all on the perch they would rock themselves.

This is before we had Kaiya. We bought her a week later than the others.
The yellow one is Big Fat Eva, the orange one is Peep, the black and white one is Birdie, and the black one is Wally.
Big Fat Eva might be a rooster. We think so because we heard her crow, the waddle and the comb are really big, her tail feathers are big, and she chases my mom all around the yard and she pecks my mom when she's just trying to be nice. Eva has only pecked me once, and has never pecked Miles or the girls.


This is my Peep. My chickie Peep. I touched Peeps eye, the other day, because I wanted to know what it felt like. And then the next day Peeps eye was closed. She didn't open it for almost two weeks. We were worried she would be blind, but she opened it and she was okay.
I love Peep because of the name and she's puffy. I named her Peep because when she was small she peeped a lot. I never want to eat our chickies.