Friday, February 1, 2008

Barbie and Mary





Much to Piper's delight, her daddy was ('kind' or 'silly'...you choose) enough to bring home two baby chicks he found at a store while he was out and about. Piper has been obsessing about getting chickens since most of our neighbors have them. Needless to say, she was beside herself when she realized after getting up from her nap that the box in the loungeroom was "cheeping". Piper and Polly got to name one chick each. Piper has named the black one "Mary" and Polly named the brown one "Chick". (Note: Polly was later convinced to change her mind and pick a more personalized name, and settled on "Barbie"). So we have Mary and Barbie. They are two weeks old and will be living indoors, in a box, until they are between 6-8 weeks. Then they will be relocating to the chicken coop in our back yard. Unfortunately, Piper is not the only one who has taken an interest in the chicks. Joey and Lollie have also been very curious, although it has been explained to both of them that staring at the chicks and salivating (and then licking their lips) is entirely inappropriate behaviour.

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