Please let me know if it is a she and you wish to get a refund. :D Otherwise, I am happy knowing he/she/it is there.

I’d like to share my chicken story to anyone interested. It all started back in April when I first decided we were going to get some chickens as a hobby. Although the wife was dead set against it, I rallied the kids in my favor and proceeded with our plans. Just a bunch of egg laying ladies…no roosters allowed.

I promised the wife I would build a coop from scrap wood and found materials to minimize the cost.

On May 14th, I picked up a mixed bag of ladies consisting of 4 RI Reds, 4 Barred Rocks,
2 Yellow Buff Oppingtons and 2 Black Jersey
Giants. An oversized Guinea Pig cage would make a great first home downstairs in the playroom.
Of course, now I had plenty of time to build
a nice coop.

As usual, time marches on and by mid June they were starting to out grow the cage.(Not to mention the smell and shavings being kicked all over the carpet every day.)
These girls needed to be out of the house soon.
Not just because they were growing at an alarming rate but I was going on vacation in less than 2 weeks.

Well, my FREE coop ending up costing me about $500. Forget about scrap wood and taking apart pallets. It just wasn’t gonna work for me, I did try. Home Depot’s got some really nice wood and no dismantling required:) I finally finished the girls house with 1 day to spare.

My best piece of advice. BUILD YOUR COOP BEFORE YOU GET YOUR CHICKENS!!

To make a long story short, I just got my first egg on Nov 9. After checking my nesting boxes with great anticipation for the last 2 weeks, there it was, a lonely egg all by itself.
A little small but oh so perfect. I can only imagine the look on my face when I opened the outside trap door and saw that single egg. (Probably like my kids look on Christmas morning when they first see all the presents under the tree.)I know I was very excited.

The kids and even the wife all shared in my great joy. I don’t which hen laid the egg but I can’t wait to go home and check for some more. I’m sure this silly feeling will ware off soon. Probably when I’m going out at 5:00 in the morning before work to change the water in 10 degree temps.

Best of luck to all.

We have some doubts about his sex, I’m afraid. He is very popular with visitors though.