The chickens... are coming!!!!!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 1:00AM The chicks are coming, the chicks are coming! I suppose this means we're supposed to be ready, but can you really ever be ready for new babies entering your house? I guess only time will tell. We've set up our brooder in the middle bedroom downstairs. This location will keep them safe from predators
and give us easy access to view the cuties.
The floor has been lined with plastic, newspaper and the pine shavings. The feeders are full, and the heat lamp secured in a fire safe way. Do we have all the signatures we need? Well, no. But we got an extension on our application, and as long as we have it all filed away in 5-8 weeks when the little guys are ready to go outside, everything will be cool.... I hope.
Since this is a totally new experience for Kyle and myself (read, sub/urban raised white kids from the Midwest) I'm hoping to demystify the science, fun and frustrations of raising urban chickens on this here blog of mine. Much of what I say could be completely wrong (and please feel free to correct me) as we too are new at this. But I hope that it eventually inspires someone else to take the plunge and raise urban chickens of their very own. There will be exciting weeks (and less exciting weeks I'm sure).
Reader Comments (3)
Sweet cats.
That is very exciting! I'm so jealous but I'm pretty sure that's one thing I couldn't convince my husband to allow me to do, even if our suburb allowed it (which I honestly don't know if they do or not). Make sure to post some pics of the chicks.
That's exciting, Kate! They will certainly keep your cats from getting bored ;)