We finally went to a friends house today and brought home 6 new chickens! Driving there, I told the kids that Gale (my chicken group friend) said they could each pick one chicken to take home. I told them maybe we should only pick three so as not to be overwhelmed....but this changed of course when we got there and saw the huge assortment of chickens he had! He had every kind imaginable and we ran around trying to catch our favorites, petting them and just having a blast. (I'm probably the only crazy that has fun in a barn full of chickens!)
After all was said and done I had managed to smuggle two roosters home along with four hens the kids chose. :o) These roosters are sweethearts and didn't even try pecking me as I caught them. I made sure to choose one very large one so he'd be able to protect himself from Boss too. The other one is smaller and slimmer and really a beauty. The picture is of the smaller rooster and two of his hens. They climbed up to the top of the new roost Mike made me and made themselves right at home! The new black rooster actually is very brave and jumped onto the roost right next to Boss.....now that was a shocker.....and Boss didn't do a thing about it!
I'll have to see how things look out there in the morning once the sun rises and Boss actually see's he has some new competition! :-o