And so begins our poultry adventure. We picked up our chicks today from Miller’s Feed in Albuquerque. They are just two days old and happily peeping away under their heat lamp.
We have four breeds of chicks (hopefully all hens, but we won’t know for a while yet if we’ve got any roosters).
The breeds are:
Rhode Island Red
Buff Orpington
Araucana (also know as an easter egger or a south american rumpless) (rumpless, hah!)
Barred Rock
Excuse me while I go look in on the chicks again, they keep falling asleep spontaneously and just kind of falling over into a fluffy little heap. The cuteness is maintaining at pretty much ridiculous levels.
Want to learn more about Albuquerque’s Urban Chicken Ordinance and about urban chickens? Check out this urban chicken website and download the report for information on urban chickens in 25 cities around the U.S. including Albuquerque.
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- Our flock (and two extras we’re keeping for friends).
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- Barred Rock
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- Rhode Island Red
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- Araucana (Easter Egger)
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- Araucana (Easter Egger)
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- Buff Orpington
