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OK, so back around Easter we wanted a chick to stick under broody Squeak, so we went to Country Max during chick week, only it turned out you can’t buy fewer than 6 chicks in New York state. So, we kept one and gave 5 to Jon (one of our hunting friends). Poor Bubble didn’t make it to summer; a fox got her. But Country Max chicken karma came back to haunt us; Jon decided to give away all his barnyard poultry and we took back the 5 pullets, all Rhode Island Reds. Hopefully we’ll have some pictures soon. We’re lucky he caught them! His other chickens roost WAYYYY up in pine trees, but these pullets don’t fly much. Jkk got lucky and caught three ducks for his flock; we talked our way out of taking any ducks or turkeys, although they’re pretty adorable.

With any luck they should be laying within a month, if they’re not already! And with more luck we won’t lose any more to foxes this year.

We stuck them in the pen and at first, all they did was eat wood chips until they found the plate with the pellets. First one, then two, then all of them began pecking furiously at the pile of food and making little happy noises. Chickens are so freakin’ cute. I’m finding it hard to prepare whole chickens even from the store these days (eating our own would be out of the question), although I can still eat it if it’s just chunks in something. No pigs or cows for us I think.

I was never nuts about birds, but now when I watch movies or TV shows with chickens we always have to go back and freeze frame and try to identify breeds.

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