Twelve weeks old

Our chicks now look like chickens - except that one is definitely a rooster. Now we have to decide what to do with the poor fellow. I followed up on a rumour that the Victoria Lavendar Farm would take him, but I was told that he had 200 roosters and refused to take any more. He told me gently that the most humane thing to do was to take care of it myself. There are 'fowl exchanges', but most of those are finished for the year. Another suggestion was to put an ad on Craig's List. I probably wouldn't get any money for it, but at least someone might take him off our hands.  My husband was joking about what we would do with it, but I haven't been able to see the humour yet

. I have become attached to these beasts, and don't really relish the thought of one of them having an early demise. We will hang onto him for a while. He hasn't started crowing yet.

Chicks in a box

They are sooooo cute when they are first born. Ours hatched on July 3rd, and were delivered to us on July 4th. My sister joked that the U.S. Independence Day was the day I lost my independence. So far it hasn't been too bad. We can leave them with water and food for a while and they are fine. They even fertilize the lawn for us!