Galline Noises

We got out the real video camera this time so that there'd be sound along with the picture. If you listen closely, you can start to hear the Ladies making some grown up chicken noises. While there is still a lot of peeping and cheeping, they're definitely on their way to full gallinity.

Home Again...

We've returned from our first trip of the summer and the Ladies are all doing well. They're even starting to make some real chicken-sounding noises. We'll try to find a way to put a new movie up with sound so you can hear them.

Here are a couple galline pictures taken during out time away. The first one is of the Mother Hen looking for a rooster in the town square of Blue Ridge, GA. Alas, she did not find one and so has to continue to live with the one to whom she's already married.

These other two pictures were taken in a feed store in Blue Ridge. They had about fifteen different cages with all different breeds of chicks, most only a couple days old.

This last picture is of a live rooster, one of two who lived in the store as pets. While we were there, a lady came in and bought the rooster pictured. Apparently she thought he would help her hens produce more eggs. 

Leaving our Babies

Today, for the first time, we're leaving the Ladies in the care of someone else. 

The Mother Hen, Rooster, and Big Sister are all going south to visit family and for a week at the beach.  While we're gone, the Ladies will be cared for by a neighborhood family, but it still makes us sad to leave them for so long.  

Who knows?  Maybe they'll be making grown-up chicken noises when we return.