Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Chirps From The Barnyard #2

The chicks have grown quite a bit since their last update. My brother Mark remarked the other day ... "picking them up, they feel like tiny turkeys or something!" They do. They're plump little things! They're starting to lose their baby fluff and grow new, adult feathers. One gray chick named Margaret (After Margaret Dashwood of Sense & Sensibility) has sprouted white wing feathers. (?) We even have two chicks - Egg-gret (an invented name) :) and Lady Catherine De Bourgh (From Pride & Prejudice) - who have feathers on their little feet!
Here's a video:

Some of our other names - for those who are interested - are The Black Princess - Mark named her after the Black Prince of English history - Anne, (Persuasion) Caroline Bingley (Pride & Prejudice) Georgiana, Elizabeth and Jane (Also P&P.) :) We'll be adding names as they grow more unique. Usually we can always tell the adult chickens apart - sometimes the chicks look exactly the same, if they're from the same breed of chicken. :)

Love & Hugs!

7 comments:

  1. * gasp * Julia, they are SO adorable!! And might I add, I am rather jealous of you. =P I want chicks so bad, but we live in a neighborhood, so I don't think we can get any. =(
    But I love the names! They are so neat! =) I think my favorite though is Lady Catherine de Bourgh. =P That just struck my funny bone. Hehe!
    Thanks for sharing the video!

    ~Madison

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  2. Awww, They are so cute! Thanks for sharing with us Julia! =:) Very creative names for chicks! =;)

    Blessings!
    ~Rachel~

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  3. Thanks for commenting on my blog! :) I wasn't crazy about the background either, so I just changed it again:)

    Awwww! They are SO cute! I wish I had chicks! The video was so adorable! Thanks for sharing!

    Laney

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  4. They're SO cute!
    I love your back round! I got a new one too from that web-site.
    Allison Grace~

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  5. Aw,are so cute! I love the names! I was wondering if you could mayde post, or just leave me a comment on how to add a video from your camera to your blog post? I have a video I wanted to share, but I don't know how to do it! You are SO smart at all this stuuf, that's why I ask you.


    I LOVE your new blog design! Have you seen my new blog design? I'll have to go adn see if they have a matching header for my background I picked. =) Thanks for lettting me know.

    When is your B-day?
    Blessings,
    Miss Hannah

    p.s. our little Brahmas are getting bigger and bigger!

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