New Chicks are here!

We got our new chicks in the mail ! We received 5 Buff Orpington pullets (for those of you not familiar with chickens...a pullet is a "girl" chicken not yet of age to lay eggs in chicken-lingo) 1 Buff Orpington cockerel (chicken-lingo..a "boy" chicken not yet matured), 5 Blue Cochin pullets and 5 Silkie Bantams...3 white pullets, 1 white cockerel, 2 blue pullets. I just love chicks! They make the cutest "peep..peep" and are so darn cute.  Not to mention, I love the old heritage breeds and "fluffy-butt" chickens! :D

    Our daughter, Sarah, has now put our bunnies to the side and is spending all her time with the chicks.  One dark blue (almost black) Silkie Bantam in particular.  Now, she wanted the white ones...even had them "pre-named"...PuffBall, SnowBall, & CottonBall...they now take the backseat to the Blue Silkies, (which I orginally wanted/asked for).  But, at least she is excited about them...the Silkies were ordered for her anyway (more or less :) to show in 4H.
    Sarah is very good and gentle with our critters and loves to spend time with them...so much like her momma.  Samantha, our youngest daughter, is a whole different ballgame.  She is better suited to play with large, less delicate critters like rhinos and tigers...some that have a better chance of holding their own with her **LOL**
    And of course, our son Nate, had to sit down and count each chick over and over again. ..."one chicken, two chicken, three chicken..."...etc. I think it is the sound they make that intrigues him.
 
     Well, after getting them setup with starter feed, little sugar water and heat lamps, they are all doing good and seem healthy.  This was our first time ordering from My Pet Chicken and thus far, I am very pleased and plan on ordering from them again next year!  I like that you do not have to order a minimum of some outrageous number (like 25) of each breed and that you can specify pullets, cockerels or straight run (unsexed chicks in chicken-lingo)...this way there are no suprises (like ending up with a dozen cockerels) and I know exactly what  I'm getting. Plus, the shipping was super fast on these...they were hatched out and shipped on Monday evening and we received them on Wed. morning! That is less than 48 hours in transit...perfect for newborn chicks! So, here's a BIG ol' "THANK YOU" to My Pet Chicken for an awesome order! :)