the laggards arrive!

Ok, so tonight the kids and I made the trek one last time to the "Chicken Lady" to procure our favorite breed -- Blue Laced Red Wyandottes. Check out the gorgeous adult pics at feathersite's wyandotte page (scroll down until you see Beauty and her pretty blue petticoats). We got what seems like an assortment of colors, since this breed comes in a black, blue and spash version. (those colors refer to the lacing, or color on the edge of the feathers, as well as the underneath or petticoat color). These are only sold as straight run, which means they can't tell the gender in day old chicks, so we might have four roosters. The Chicken Lady will exchange any roos for hens but I'm hoping we grabbed at least a hen or two.