Bringing the babies home!

Well after a much anticipated wait, and almost a year of talking about it...  I am so happy to announce that our chicks are here!!!   

Jade, Lola, and Roxy

So there they are in all their glory!

Jade is an Araucana, Lola is a Silver Laced Wyandotte, and Roxy is a Barred Rock.  I picked them up from Aslin Finch today, they are a day old.  It is so crazy to me how fast they grow, that after only a day they already have feathers growing in.  I have had chickens before, but it is still just as amazing to feel like I am watching them literally grow right before my eyes.  Marley has been so cute, she doesn't quite know what to think, she goes and sits right next to the kennel that I have them in and watches them for hours.  If they make any noise at all she starts barking to get my attention.  Since she has been known to catch mice, I was a little worried that she would try to snack on the little ones.  Though a little skittish, she hasn't even nipped at them, even when they peck at her feet.  Little does she know that they may end up being bigger than she is, so she better be nice to them... haha!  We don't have the coop finished yet, but they will need to be in the house for a month, so it really just has put more pressure on Marshall to get the show on the road.  Man, I do love that guy!  We should get the little bit of fence up that needs to be done so that dogs can't get into our yard.  

We had decided to build a coop that was going to have a green roof on it, but have now changed 

our minds and picked out something a bit different.  It is going to look something like this, except a bit smaller since we only have 3 chickens.  I like the idea of having the vines growing up the sides, and we will put a nest box out the front door there.  The plans don't call for insulation, but we are going to do that, for our unbearable winter weather.  Gotta take care of the ladies!  Marshall and dad really like the look of this coop also.  I am just so excited to have the girls here now, it makes it all real, as opposed to it being this thing that I have been just talking about.  I could barely force myself to go to work today, because I was so excited to have them here... I'm such a dork!  

Well I have a few more pictures of the girls, thought I would just throw them in here so everyone could check them out.  It has been such an exciting day!