Growing Our Family

The chicks: Lucy in front

We are now the proud parents of three baby chicks. We have started a small (read 3 couples) chicken cooperative in our backyard. Well, technically the chicks are in the guest bedroom, but their future home is a lovely coop in our backyard.  These lovely little babies will supply us with some lovely colored eggs in around 15 weeks. Right now they are 3 days old, and just as cute as can be. After some cuddle time last night, we decided on names for the little girls. The Rhode Island Red is named Lucy, the Aracauna (blond) is named Ethel, and the Bard Rock (black) is named Gretta. Collectively, they are known as the Dixie Chicks. hehe

Gretta

Ethel

I have also been starting my veggie garden from seed, and am pleased that most of the veggies seem to be coming along quite nicely. Soon I will have to thin and transplant some of the starts into bigger pots.

Broccoli

So with our new chicks and our ever-expanding vegetable garden, I seem to be well on my way to becoming an urban farmer. Well....more suburban than urban....but a farmer none the less!