Meet C and Z

After working 9 days straight, sometimes 14 hour days, I got a day off. Did the typical things, Laundry, house cleaning, corral cleaning, you know all the stuff you normally do when you are home. Well I was cleaning off the kitchen table and ran across a card.... it was the chicken guy. He had given me his card when I was looking to buy some laying hens so I gave him a call.
Went to his place where he had different breeds, and two pens caught my eye. He let me pick out of the Americauna coop that was almost ready to start laying....

SO I am pleased to introduce Miss Z and Miss C

Miss C

Miss Z

Very lovely Ladies. :-)

Congratulations MissJestr!! They are beautiful!! I have to be biased, since Miss C looks like My blue's sister! I'm happy for you.

LOL ZZ she sure is a pretty one. She was so calm and gentle, I picked her. I love the grey/blue of her hind feathers. I do love when Miss Z gets in the light, she sure shines like our arizona sunsets

Coming soon..... Miss H and Miss J next week.

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Luvly Misses. Happy Birthday ZZs ^_^

Congrats on the new Chickens. They are very pretty!

Congrats on the new chickens.

Woo Hoo!! You go girl!! Keep on truckin!! At least you've set yourself a limit of 26 chickens...(did Billy do that for you??)

Awesome looking girls MissJestr! They are just gorgeous! What lovely colours and such a healthy looking pair. I can't wait to see their egg colours. Did you also get the white and black one that is behind them in the picture? Or is that at the place where you got them? They will be so pleased to have a great home with you and Billy I am sure. Hooray!

Just wonderful!!! They are beautiful. I love Miss C's Blue bottom.

We just got an Ameracauna Roo from Catscan, Cody loves him.. He spent the entire afternoon with him yesterday... Our blue hen is Cody's favorite hen.. he holds her all the time. I am so drawn to them too.. they are just loveable! There is just something special about those blue eggs too..

I know you and Billy will love them.. I'm just tickled for you two!

The black and white one is the rescue Roo that Mr. C gave us...
I really love the girls, they are pretty.

Miss Jestr I know this is not the thread that we where talking about color carrots but I could not remember which on it was put I found these. These are the ones that I grow.
http://www.burpee.com/product/vegetables/carrots/carrot+kaleidoscope+-+packet+(1000+seeds).do

I grow kaleidoscope carrots too. Love 'em!

Thats ok, I am glad you posted. I am ordering this week...

beautiful ladies miss j!!

The guy who sold them to me said they were laying.... Well it has been a week and still no eggs... Ok I am patient, but I really want to chicken fairy to come down and visit them. Also last night when it was dark I walked down to check on them and instead of going in the chicken house, all three of them, C &Z and Roo were perched on a old bucket that I left in the chicken yard... It that strange that they dont use the house? it has laying boxes with hay in them, and a ladder they can climb on... Maybe I should put some ceramic eggs in the lay boxes?

MissJestr, they are magnificent! Lucky, lovely ladies. I'd give them time to settle in -- can you close them into the chicken house, get them used to roosting in there?

Are they used to roosting outside at night? Last year mine would sleep on a pool ladder that was set up inside their pen. I had a heck of time getting them used to sleeping indoors(ended up taking away the ladder for a spell)

Yes, a disturbance in chicken "environment" can cause a hold-up in the laying. Be patient.

They were in a pen with about 50+ other hens, part of the pen was inside and part was out. The inside part had laying boxes in there, and I am sure there was not enough room for all to sleep in. They roost on a big planter that is in the chicken yard that was too heavy for me to move so I left it in there.

I am so trying to be patient, I paid 13 bucks a peice for them cause he said they were laying... I wanted to have colored eggs by the time Billy came home... Dang nabbit. I have searched the pen over and over looking for them.

WHOOO HOOOO I got an Egg finally. I forgot to take a picture cause me and Billy were doing the Happy Egg Dance... It is a green one, kind of small, but that dont matter... Its a Egg.. WHOOOO HOOOO

FABULOUS! I'm so pleased and excited for you and Billy. Hooray!

Here is a link for Billys saturday. It is not chicken related, but horse related... It was a hoot.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/961023/

A blue egg and a wonderful day.. How perfect.. That is a great thread.. I really enjoyed it.