Smith Homestead: Chickens

We have chickens (again)! We bought our two White Leghorns from IFA in Provo. We wanted them because they are so consistent at laying eggs. We named them Sunny (sunny side-up) and Benedictine (Eggs Benedict).

Of course Cadence wanted to hold them. He loves having chickens for pets!

But our brood felt incomplete. We decided to buy an Americana, which lays different colored eggs. We named her Caddy (for an Easter, Cadbury Bunny), since she’ll lay our “Easter Eggs” all year long! We had to go up to the IFA in American Fork to get her. She’s only about a week older than our little Kory.

Caddy was a fun addition, but we worried about how they’d get along. She was about two weeks younger than the Leghorns and Leghorns are typically unfriendly. After they fought a little (while Austin carefully supervised and chided them to get along), they ended up being good buddies. Here is our little “backwards Oreo” brood.

Pretty soon they were learning to fly. With three chickens in the kitchen, things were a mess! They started loosing their baby fuzz and I couldn’t see to sweep enough. Fuzz was everywhere!

They are now outside, roaming every Saturday while Austin works in the yard. Austin started to draw plans for a new shed/greenhouse/chicken coop. His amazing design may not come to life this year, but he sure enjoyed doing it! We are hoping to get something for them though that at least gives them a bit more room.

It’s really amazing how fast they grow – children and chickens :)