Chick Update

There have been some chicken changes at the ole Lincoln street homestead, so it’s about time for an update –

Lucy, Ethel and New Honey have been sold; re-homed to what sounds like a very nice family a couple towns over – with an open invitation to stop in for a visit any time we want. Coop rules and pecking orders are about to change for these girls. They’ll now be sharing their new coop with a 5+ year old rooster named Einstein. If there is such a thing as a lucky rooster, Einstein would be him, and if chickens could smile, Einstein is sporting and ear to ear grim right now!

This change was a necessary one to make room for our new chicks that are now 7 week old. They’re doing just fine and are very friendly but have been housed in a large crate that I am tired of cleaning. The location of this crate has also prevented us from hanging our laundry outside since it happens to be situated in close proximity to the close lines.

If you’ll recall, we started with ten day-old pullet chicks; (5) Amberlink and (5) Black Sex-link. We sold four last week to very enthusiastic, young 4-Her named Adam. He, like Einstein, had an ear to ear grin as he proudly carried his box of chicks to his moms van idling in our driveway.

Today, we’re down to six chicks, three of each breed, pictured below. These little ones can now be relocated to the recently vacated abode decoop of the older hens. This will give them more personal space, more room to fly, jump, dig and scratch and A LOT easier on the farmers who tend to them -

Amberlink -

Black Sex-link -