A Chicken Post

This is my Silkie Hen. She is a bantam. I only have one.
When the kids were young we tried over and over to get
Silkie hens but all we ever got were roosters.
Then the year I got chicks I got two silkie hens, a white one
and a gray one. I just loved the gray one best.
But something got into my coop and killed my gray one.
I have tried over and over to get more hens but all I have
had has been more roosters.
Until today.

I am on My Pet Chicken's mailing list and they had the
availability page up for ordering chicks for 2012 so I took the plunge.
On or about May 7th I will be getting 8 Silkie Bantam Chicks. I ordered
an assortment.

Blue ones like these.

Aren't they pretty? This is the color of the one
I liked so much.

Maybe some black ones.

Maybe a Partridge color. Maybe one of each, I don't know, but any-day that chicks are coming is a good day. I won't get mine until May 7th. Which is good, I wanted it to be a bit warmer because they have to travel so far across the country to get to me. I can always buy bigger breeds at the feed store. I might buy some more Cuckoo Marans this year. I lost 10 hens in 2011. I can get some more replacement hens. The last time I went to the feed store, they had silkie chicks but they were all roosters. This way if I order them I can get hens. I don't know but knowing that I will be getting chicks in the spring, just makes it feel like 2012 will be a good year. We also get a new baby in March so there is so much to look forward too. Isn't it funny to think I just ordered chicks that aren't even an egg yet? Have a great weekend, ~Kim~