The Hens of Rosemary Hill
Hønsegården, O Galinheiro, Palacio de Pollo... THE CHICKEN COOP
Our current girlies, as of February 2020, are 20 beautiful, feathery chickens of ten different breeds, who hatched on July 8, arriving at Rosemary Hill on July 10 in the tiniest box in the world. I was so nervous waiting for word they'd arrived in Roseburg, but then I never got the call! At 7 a.m., the day before the tracking info said they would be delivered, my phone rang once, then stopped, then chimed, and something told me to NOT ignore it as usual. Yep - the call had been from "the US government" with a Roseburg phone number (hi, the post office!) and the text was the auto system telling me the birds had arrived. Oy. Insanity ensued -- throwing clothes on, yelling at the kids that I was driving to town, me thinking about what they would need, and I was SO GLAD I'd gotten everything in their brooder ready the day before. *whew*
Yes... my 23 chicks were in this box for two days, traveling all the way from Ohio to Roseburg, Oregon! They made it!
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SO TINY! First day at Rosemary Hill.
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We ordered 21 chicks, ten different breeds, from Murray McMurray Hatchery. But, when the box came, and I got it open, and I got the babies in the brooder, I counted and there were 23 chicks. I counted again. And again. Then I made my youngest daughter count. Yep, 23 chicks. We had two bonus birds -- WHAT! Over the next few weeks, as the chicks grew, we finally figured it out -- we'd ordered three buff orpingtons, but received four, and the other bonus chick turned out to be a silver laced Cochin -- she has VERY FEATHERY LEGS, so we have named her Fluffy Legs.
In September 2019, when the birds were about 10 weeks old, we officially chose names even though we're a little nervous about two of them -- they might be roosters! We're hoping they are not roosters, because we can't have that kind of racket here at the hill, considering that their coop is about twenty feet from our bedroom window (cross your fingers!), and so here they are, the Chickens of Rosemary Hill:
In September 2019, when the birds were about 10 weeks old, we officially chose names even though we're a little nervous about two of them -- they might be roosters! We're hoping they are not roosters, because we can't have that kind of racket here at the hill, considering that their coop is about twenty feet from our bedroom window (cross your fingers!), and so here they are, the Chickens of Rosemary Hill:
Ameraucana (2)
Queenie Hawk & Miss Ameraucana
Barred Rock (2)
Penelope & Fiona
Blue Laced Red Wyandotte (1)
Iris
Buff Orpintons (4)
Flopsy, Peach, Persimmon, & Baby Buff
Buttercup (2)
Lucy & Not Lucy
Columbian Wyandotte (2)
Loreli & Rory
Sliver Laced Cochin (1)
Fluffy Legs!
Silver Laced Wyandotte (3)
Shireen, Arya & Lyanna
Welsummer (2)
Red & Wells
White Wyandotte (1)
Frosty
Queenie Hawk & Miss Ameraucana
Barred Rock (2)
Penelope & Fiona
Blue Laced Red Wyandotte (1)
Iris
Buff Orpintons (4)
Flopsy, Peach, Persimmon, & Baby Buff
Buttercup (2)
Lucy & Not Lucy
Columbian Wyandotte (2)
Loreli & Rory
Sliver Laced Cochin (1)
Fluffy Legs!
Silver Laced Wyandotte (3)
Shireen, Arya & Lyanna
Welsummer (2)
Red & Wells
White Wyandotte (1)
Frosty
So many girlies....
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