Chicks Are Here!

The feed store, the Tractor Supply (an incredible country supply store) and the Farm & Garden section on Craigslist are all advertising "Chicks Are Here". Anthony's been chomping at the bit to get more chickens since we got our first small city flock over three years ago (of which we have four remaining survivors who barely lay these days). Chickens are great pets, easy keepers and lay beautiful, delicious, glorious eggs. 

So this morning after a little looking online, we settled on heading up to Villa Rica, GA in response to a craigslist ad. 

Me:  "Stella, want to go to another farm and get baby chicks?"

Stella: "Yay, yay, yay!"

After dressing warmly and with boots and a twinkle in our eyes, we headed out...on a really long 45 minute drive to the garage of a guy with a blue tooth on in a subdivision. *Sigh*. Whatever...he had chicks! We came away with 25 assorted standard breed chicks including Partridge Rocks, Barred Rocks, Comets, Rhode Island Reds, Araucanas and two, two-month old Silkies.  With our car full of peeping, panicked chicks and a whining/crying toddler (and two adults who really needed to pee) the car ride home was sorta ugly. Buuuuuut now we have these gals (hopefully gals):

Though the Silkies were chosen by me as special pets, they're acting as the little Standard's mamas. Darling!