New kids on the block..um,I mean flock

Ok, call us crazy, but we couldn't turn down an opportunity to add 2 new hens to the farmily when a friend from Michael's work wanted to GIVE them to us! Her husband had actually been in the paper a week or so ago in a story about people keeping hens in their backyard in the city. Michael just commented to her about the newspaper article, and the next thing he knew, she was offering us her two hens. She said she thought they were mean and didn't want them anymore. So, we said "Sure!!" We'd been wanting to add some hens to see if that helped our roosters be a little less aggressive with the hens we have. We'll have to see how that works out! But for now, welcome Rhodie (Rhodelia is her long name) and Ruthie. They look quite a bit like Roadrunners, which is why their names start w/ "R". The first day, we kept them in the coop while the old gang looked on and walked around looking at them and clucking like crazy!

Ruthie, left and Rhodie, Right

I think they are really wondering what on earth they got into!!!!

They pretty much stick together and have learned to stay away from the roosters. Goldie likes having someone she can boss around, since she's been a loner away from the rest of the flock for a long time (at least since Hawkeye and Squanto have plucked all the feathers off of her back). It will be fun to see how the flock comes together in the next couple of weeks. Admittedly, they're not as pretty/cute as our old gang, but we'll see if they improve w/ age! :-) Either way, it's fun to have more hens around! And more eggs later will be awesome, too!!