It's official, I have a ROOSTER (pics halfway down page 1)

[Vanilla eXee]

Well this morning at around 9 I heard this quiet little noise. I thought maybe it was my boyfriend's little brother crying, but he lives next door and we've never heard him cry before in our apartment. Then I heard it again, and it had more of a pattern to it. So I went outside, and I guess I had a weird look on my face because my boyfriend was like "What? What's the matter?" And I was just like "SHHH!" Then all of a sudden, I heard a crow coming from my coop!!! Whoever it was stopped before I got there, but I think it's Jacob. He's significantly bigger than Claudie, he has some "real" feathers on his tail, he has a bigger comb, he has a wattle and his head feathers (forget what they're called) aren't as rounded. They are approximately 15 weeks old (they were 3 weeks when I got them almost exactly 3 months ago). I don't know why I'm so excited, we don't have rules against roosters but we do have a noise ordinance, so I hope my neighbors don't complain.  

[Gabrielle_AnimalLuver]

LOL so the bird with the boy name turns out to be a boy. Good Job!  

[Vanilla eXee]

Gabrielle_AnimalLuver

LOL so the bird with the boy name turns out to be a boy. Good Job!

xD Well that was really Fred's doing. When he brought them home to me he pointed at the blue and said "This one is Jacob and he's my chicken."  

[kage no neko]

How awesome! I recently discovered we can keep chickens, just not roosters... since apparently they call under the noise ordinance law here.  

[Vanilla eXee]

kage no neko

How awesome! I recently discovered we can keep chickens, just not roosters... since apparently they call under the noise ordinance law here.

Congrats, are you going to get any?  

[kage no neko]

Vanilla eXee

Congrats, are you going to get any?

I hope so! Fresh eggs sound awesome. I think we have to get permission from the health department first, and then actually find a chicken.. So probably no time soon. Still have lots of research to do before I even think of getting one.  

[Vanilla eXee]

kage no neko

Vanilla eXee

Congrats, are you going to get any?

I hope so! Fresh eggs sound awesome. I think we have to get permission from the health department first, and then actually find a chicken.. So probably no time soon. Still have lots of research to do before I even think of getting one.

Good luck on your search! Chickens are fun and entertaining in their own right, eggs are just a bonus.  

[kage no neko]

Vanilla eXee

Good luck on your search! Chickens are fun and entertaining in their own right, eggs are just a bonus.

I have a friend (who doesn't live near me) who has pet chickens.. she said they're silly and actually quite loving. And they like to hang out in her bathtub..  

[Azusanga]

Feel free to post update pics :3  

[Vanilla eXee]

kage no neko

Vanilla eXee

Good luck on your search! Chickens are fun and entertaining in their own right, eggs are just a bonus.

I have a friend (who doesn't live near me) who has pet chickens.. she said they're silly and actually quite loving. And they like to hang out in her bathtub..

They are, I love mine <3 You have to be careful though because some breeds are not friendly, cowgirl is pretty good at suggesting breeds.  

[Vanilla eXee]

Azusanga

Feel free to post update pics :3

Ask and you shall receive, these are from last weekish.













 

[Azusanga]

Cuuute  

[Akari_32]

I freeking love Silkies. They ar so akward and cute lol Do any of yours have extra toes, or was my Fluffy just weird? lol  

[Vanilla eXee]

Akari_32

I freeking love Silkies. They ar so akward and cute lol Do any of yours have extra toes, or was my Fluffy just weird? lol

I haven't counted Jacob's toes, but Claudie has 7 toes on one foot and 6 on the other (for people who don't know: silkies are supposed to have 5 toes on each foot, which is still more than most chickens have). I'm just glad they're fully feathered now, it was cute but they looked so silly as they were getting feathers in. Hoping hoping hoping that Claudie is a girl.  

[Akari_32]

Vanilla eXee

Akari_32

I freeking love Silkies. They ar so akward and cute lol Do any of yours have extra toes, or was my Fluffy just weird? lol

I haven't counted Jacob's toes, but Claudie has 7 toes on one foot and 6 on the other (for people who don't know: silkies are supposed to have 5 toes on each foot, which is still more than most chickens have). I'm just glad they're fully feathered now, it was cute but they looked so silly as they were getting feathers in. Hoping hoping hoping that Claudie is a girl.

I think Fluffy had 6 toes on each foot lol She was funny too. After one of my dogs broke her leg (he tried to play with her -_-), I would have to move her with my foot off her nest (so I could get her eggs) or she would peck the crap out of my hand. Then she'd give me this horribly sad look, like "Why did you take my eggs! crying " Even though, 2 seconds ago, she tried to kill me rofl

They deffinatly are the cutest when they feathers are growing in LOL Random little fluffs all over their bodies heart