meet the cats. Felix (left) finally discovered the chickens a few days ago after Mike took down the fort/protective chicken room in our basement. We're pretty sure if anyone is going to commit fowl murder its gonna be Abby (right) also known as el gato diablo.
The girls made it through their first week and we commemorated with a new brooder (fancy chicken speak for baby pen). We decided the hen house would function just fine as a bigger brooder, besides it had to be built anyway- why not now. It didn't take very long but they already got their bum feathers and the wings are getting tested. This wasn't a very fun chickening week. They now fly- sorta. They run around and flap their wings in a haphazard way. Maybe the exposure therapy wasn't my brightest idea . . .
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Lesson of the day~ the city of portland allows three chickens per house, more with a permit (or if your neighbors don't snitch), and no roosters. Chickens lay eggs. Roosters make baby chicks. It's just like human sex-ed. Really. You don't need a rooster for eggs. Now, chickens do lay more often with warmth and light. This means spring when everything is more fertile. But our girls won't lay eggs until sometime around late September. Chickens reach maturity around six months old. They are called pullets until their first birthday and then they blossom into being called hens! awe . . .
They are so cute. You should also tweet about your chicks :)
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