Update on One Cackle Way...

It's been awhile since I posted on the peeps. All has been well in the hen house at One Cackle Way. The fortress has been exactly that, no murdering marauding raccoons here! The pecking order has been established, eggs are laid daily and a lot of growing has been going on. You may remember the peeps like this...

Then there was the move into the chicken coop "play" pen...

Then they graduated to the er "luxury suite"....at least that must be what they thought because this is what we saw next...

Nope, not dead! Dirt baths! (Chicken version of a mud treatment at a spa I guess!) Every single one of the 25 chicks as soon as they hit the floor started rolling, covering themselves with dust and dug a little hole in the dirt floor! I have raised chickens for most of my life, and have seen chickens dust themselves, but not en masse!

My hubby the one with a very dry sense of humor said: "Hey there sweetheart, um what kind of chickens did you say you ordered? Prairie chickens?" To which I replied "evidently!"

In this photo the chicks finally worked up enough nerve to venture into the chicken yard or as we call it the "Garden of Clucks" or the "Boulevard of Scratch & Peck".

Which brings us to the present day...

As you can see they are gaining in size on the one year old Rhode Island Red Hens.

Can you tell the roosters from the hens? There are four roosters that made it. ( One was DOA which isn't bad considering they arrive through the mail at one day old!) Give up? Maybe the next photo will help...

I really like their colors in the sun and the pattern of their feathers. Now maybe someone can help me out with this next one. This was our odd ball chick. It is very skittish. I have no clue whether it is a hen or rooster, or what kind it is. It kind of puts me in mind of an Araucana hen (spelling?). But I am not for sure. It has blue legs and a spot by its ear that is blue also...

Please leave a comment if you have any idea at all, it will be greatly appreciated! :D