I’ll admit it, I am a total sucker for baby chicks. So yesterday when I stopped by the Garden Sphere in Tacoma for a few packets of Crosby’s Egyptian Beet seeds for my late fall garden, the words “do you have any baby chicks?” flew out of my mouth before I could close it.
I don’t know what happened, but I instantly fell in love with two baby chicks in particular.
This is Matilda. I had never seen a yellow and black Araucana {Easter Egger} chick before so of course I had to bring her home.
Hilda was also very unique looking. When The Girl came home from school yesterday and saw the chicks she fell in love with them. Before I could tell her their names she said, “We should name the grey and black one after the owl in Winnie the Pooh. What was the owl’s name?”
“Owl.”
“Oh, maybe that’s not such a good name for a chicken.”
Ha!
The only downside to picking out baby chicks is having to leave so many of them behind. If it was up to me I would gladly take ALL of them home {well, all the hens anyway}. Someday I will live on 10 acres and have 100’s of chickens {and a few lambs}. But for now I have to exhibit a little self control because I live in suburbia. Which is really a shame, because raising chickens is so much fun.
Thanks Lisa for helping me pick out my chicks! It was fun to see you again!
P.S. If you are local and looking for chicks, The Garden Sphere has them in stock.
GardenSphere {253.761.7936}
3310 N Proctor
Tacoma, WA 98407
Lisa says
It was good to see you again too. I hope the girls are getting along fine. All of the squirrely girls are gone, but I do have Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds left.
Mavis says
The HH freaked out when he saw the 2 I brought home. I’m not sure how I’d sneak anymore in the box now that he has counted them.LOL
Rosario says
I’ve been following your blog for awhile and recently set out to bring 5 chicks home, the same day your daughter picked up 6. They are so stinkin’ cute. A bomb chicken coop is on the way too. Mine are the Hunger Hens. Katniss, Primrose, Effie, Foxface, and the little one is Rue.
Mavis says
Oh that’s cute. I’ll have to tell The Girl. 🙂
Teresa says
I love the “Hunger Hens”! What a great idea to name them after the characters in the book. So cute.
Cindy says
What do you do with your chickens when they stop producing eggs?
Mavis says
Just let them hang out with their peeps. 🙂 They are pets so they are here to stay, eggs or no eggs.
Brandie says
Ahh I want chickens soooo bad. Those little fuzzys guys are cute.
Lorri F says
ahh I can’t wait until we get some chickies…. one more year or so. Not that I’m counting. 🙂
indio says
They are adorable little feather balls. By accident we got a rooster in a straight run pick of chicks. I’m going to keep him until we hatch a clutch of eggs next year. My goal is to stop buying chicks to keep the flock going. We already have a variety of brown and green egg layers.
Teresa says
Those little chicks are sooo adorable! I love your photos, especially the second one. To see the little fluffies cuddled up just makes you say “awww!” Matilda and Hilda are great names – good idea to stay away from Owl LOL!