Umm - I guess it's chickens after all......

[dalthauser]

 

Long story short.......

The chicken order I canceled in January arrived this morning.  Post office said, no, I can't send it back. 

I had the brooder equipment (thanks to my parents), but nothing else. 

Had to make a side trip to Tractor Supply on the way to the post office for wood shavings and starter mash.

I scrambled to get them situated before I had to go to work.  Talk about an adrenaline rush!!

Here is another picture of them in the brooder just before I went to work.


Jeez..... if this isn't the universe deciding what is best for me, I don't know what is.

No clue what to do now.  I imagine I'll be using the vacation days coming up (Friday - Tuesday) to get going building a coop.  It will be a few weeks before they have to go outside, so that's a blessing.

p.s - they are cute and warm.  I'm actually tickled (this emotion developed AFTER I had my nervous breakdown)

Comments

Congratulations!

[papoose.livejournal.com]

They're cute. But, how the heck do you mail chickens?

Re: Congratulations!

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

Hopefully this will come out right
(it's a picture of the box they came in)

(http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v129/dvmarie/LJ%20Mar%2008/?action=view&current=Picture001.jpg)

Re: Congratulations!

[papoose.livejournal.com]

!!!
:(
That must be terrifying.

Re: Congratulations!

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

Haha - well, it was a shock. Luckily I have experience with livestock, so I was able to pull myself together and get them situated. Getting a home built for them is what I'm the most worried about. The barriers mostly as lots of predators like having chicken dinner, so you have to dig a trench and bury the fencing in a way where raccoons etc. can't burrow beneath. (or I can just let them stay inside with me.... not) :-)

Re: Congratulations!

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

Oops - now I realize you were talking about the chickens (duh).

Yeah, no kidding. Poor things.

[madamealexis.livejournal.com]

They are so cute! I can't wait to hear more stories about them and see pics of them growing up.

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

They are pure bred Delawares which are very friendly and calm breed. They will mostly be pets (with the added benefit of guilt-free eggs) - so temperment was an important factor. I'll only be keeping about 10 and selling the rest. I had to get 25 minimum in order for them to send them to me.

[madamealexis.livejournal.com]

I wish I could have some but I don't think the apartment would go for it.

Images of chickens on the balcony and running loose in the apartment are coming to mind. I would be known as the crazy chicken lady no doubt.

[joebanks.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of an old I Love Lucy episode.
Good luck!

[reyvin.livejournal.com]

Omg squeee! They're so cute. Hehehe. Though yes, I can imagine quite shocking first thing in the morning too. Good luck and keep us updated.

[onecrowesorrow.livejournal.com]

For a brief second I thought "Oh, NO, she is going to eat them"! :)

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

No chicken dinners for me. For me it would be like eating my cat.

[onecrowesorrow.livejournal.com]

Me too honey, me too :D

[sahlah.livejournal.com]

OMG chicken in a box!!!!

I can't wait to hear all about them. They are fuzzy adorable. Are these the creatures that become those beautiful black and white adults?

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

Believe it or not they will look like this when they grow up.
http://www.cacklehatchery.com/delaware.html

[thealmightysei.livejournal.com]

did u get them "sexed"?
u should make sure to do that.

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

They are all females with the exception of the one marked with the red dot - he's a rooster.

[mztasia.livejournal.com]

Some folks go and get a bucket of chicken for the fmaily dinner; you, my friend, have a box of chickens delivered for pets!

Actually I am suprised they didnt sent 2 roosters in anticipation of natures attrition rate of pullets.