Well my new baby chicks catalog just came in the mail over the weekend.  I love to look through the catalog and think about what exotic chicks we’ll be getting this spring. 

 Sigh!  We always get the same kind. LOL!  But I still like to think about different ones anyway.

Our breed of choice is Barred Rock, or Plymouth Rocks.  They are a hearty breed, good layers, that lay nice brown eggs, but can also be meat birds too.

We also have Shadow, an Aracauna hen, or as they are sometimes called, Easter Egg chickens, because they lay colored eggs.  Shadow lays green eggs, and got her name because she and a Barred Rock named Emily, follow my 3 year old granddaughter all around the yard.

We won’t be getting new baby peeps until April or May, but it’s still fun to look at the pictures of new life when it is cold and snowy outside.