The ten new chickens came home from Tractor Supply on April 8, 2021. We figure they were born on Sunday April 4 and shipped on Monday, arrived in Melbourne on Wednesday, and we bought them on Thursday 4/8. They aren't very loving yet since they aren't quite ready to be bribed with treats, but they're so insanely soft and so cute. We haven't given all of them specific names yet, but here are their tentative names. It's easy to count them, because there are 4 white, 3 brown, 2 bumble bee, and 1 black silkie = 10 tiny chickens.
1: Yoyo (white with yellow beak and .... frizzle!). Yoyo for yellow body, yellow beak. Feathered feet.
2, 3, and 4: White Silkies - they're very mellow and not very curious or inquisitive, so I endearingly call them the Fluffy Dummies. Feathered feet (feathered everything haha)
5, 6, and 7: The brown babies. Sable, Minky, and Foxy. Clean legs and feet.
8 and 9: The bumble bees Buzzy and Fuzzy. Very intricate patterns, clean legs and feet.
10. Little Tom (named after Mark's brother). Black, silkie, fluffy, feathered feet, and LOTS of attitude.
We set up a wonderful new playland for them yesterday, here they are dust bathing in "Dummyland".
