A New Chick on the Homestead
Monday, June 29th, 2009
When I picked up some hens from my friend Steve a few months ago, there was a rooster posing as a hen in the flock! I have been wanting to give it back, but today I am happy for it (although I was not that happy at 6 am this morning when it woke me up.) One of the hens has been patiently sitting on eggs for a few weeks, and frankly, I thought it was a lost cause, but wanted to let her do her maternal thing.
My son and his girlfriend went out to the chicken coop this morning to empty the compost and were thrilled to find the cutest little black chick walking around with momma hen! It is part Top Hat (you can see the beginning of the crazy head feathers) and part Aracana. What a joyful way to begin the day!
