I got to thinking about getting a few egg layers a couple years back. Then this fall my neighbor asked if I’d be interested in going together on some birds. We’ve done a lot of reading and researching the last few months. Today we went by the Urban Farm Store on Belmont to get the things for a brooder, thinking later in the week/month we’d actually get chicks when a new order came in. Turns out they had a secret delivery this week. So now we have 6-8 weeks to get the coop built and in the meantime these eight wee chicks seem to be happy in our simple brooder. We’ve got two Ameraucanas, and one each of Maran Cuckoo, Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Rock, Brahma Light, Welsummer, and Buff Orpington. And are hoping they’re actually all 8 misses…
