Today we welcomed four chickens to our urban homestead. These twenty week old pullets have not yet started laying but they will soon. They are heritage dual purpose breeds with good heartiness in cold temperatures, many laying years, and calm personalities. The orange ones are Buff Orpingtons, the black is an Australorp, and the speckled is a Sussex breed.
Alex built the coop of his own design. Lil and I painted it to match our doors and porch trim. We have pictures of the coop building process and will post about the costs and procedure in the near future.
So far the dogs are far more interested in the chicken food than the chickens themselves. We haven’t left them out alone with the fowl yet but we are confident they can remain peaceable.
I guess I'm a chicken farmer now!
We are all very excited to have hens and can’t wait for that first egg!
PS. I hope you’ll read my poem honoring three great people born today – my sister Sarah, uncle Mike, and Theodore Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss.
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This is So exciting!!!! I want to come visit the chickens!!
I love them! Enjoy the fresh eggs!
JEALOUS!!!!!!
I am so jealous!! Hilliard doesn’t allow chickens.
FIL wants some bad, but MIL says no way. 
If you end up with too many eggs, we’d love to take some!
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Next year we are hoping to have chickens!
One of my friends has chickens and said that Columbus only allows you to have a maximum of 3 chickens. He is very frustrated with the permit application process. Did you get a permit for your chickens?
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Very cool!
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Congratulations!!!! There’s nothing better than fresh eggs!! YUM!
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Where did you guys buy your birds? I’m looking to expand the flock and would like older birds
So cool! How lovely to have little chickies in your backyard.
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I’m so glad I found your blog!
I grew up with chickens, and miss having them around. We’ve been talking about adding some to the backyard for quite some time, but just haven’t done it yet. Maybe in a few weeks, when we return from vacation. They look lovely! [K]
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