The Beginning of the Staley Farm

I jokingly say we have started a farm.  It all started when we purchased 13 chicks in February.  We ordered 13 hens and they arrived in a box at the post office on February 19th.  They were so cute...I thought Buck and Brock might sleep in the dining room with the chicks that first night.  Brock drew a picture of the chicks representing each chick and their home.  We have four Barred Rock, four Easter Eggers, four Austra Whites and one Golden Comet.

 

 

 

February 21st...

February 28th...getting big fast.  They outgrew their original home.

Farmer Buck made them a coop out of scrap materials and they eventually moved outside.  I didn't take any photos of them for a month (hard to believe).  Here are a couple of photos from Easter, March 27th.

A few more photos on April 6th...

Just a boy and his chicken on April 16th.  The barred rock chickens are the most friendly. 

At some point, Buck discovered we don't have 13 hens, instead only 12.  He was in the coop one night and heard one of them try to crow.  We have a rooster (one of the Easter Eggers)!

Brock received a butterfly farm kit for his birthday, so we were also hatching butterflies.  Our first butterfly emerged Easter weekend and we released it a few days later.

Our second butterfly emerged and we released it as well.