Class Champion -- 1st Place

So we finally have proof of what Casandra and I already knew. Sugar is one good looking chicken. She won 1st place in her division and was the class champion at the Davis County Fair. I know everybody thinks we are a bit overboard with our chickens as pets, but they are fun, and now we can make even more money when we sell their chicks...champion bloodlines. Next Stop Utah State Fair in September.

They're Back!!!

So you if you did not read the post on the family blog, here is the low down. We sold three of our first batch of chickens to some guy, knowing one was a rooster, but we had no idea about the others. Today he shows up out of the blue, no call, no email, just shows up at the door, says we gave him three roosters and can he trade two in for hens. What are we bed bath and beyond? So we did actually give him one of the hens we were going to sell. So now we have 2 roosters, it is exciting. Also, it looks like he is feeding them steroids, they are HUGE!!! They are way bigger than their moms which are a year older than they are. So here they are at about 4 months old...Sheldon and Big Bumble. The first 2 pictures are them when they were just a couple of days old.

Dirt Bath

So the chickens kept digging in Casandra's flowers to take their dirt baths. I joked with her that they did it there because the dirt and bark is nice and level and neat, and the place they normally do it is a big mess. So I took the rake out and smoothed out their dirt bath area and within a few minutes this is what we saw. All 5 chicks in there taking a bath, I didn't realize we had such high maintenance chickens...On second thought, yes I did.