And then there were 7....more

     I know, I know.  At least half of you are convinced that I have lost my marbles.  Or that I am going to start wearing tie-dye skirts, peasant blouses and become a crazy chicken lady.  Or start some sort of an urban farm....
     We knew that we were going to get more chickens.  The variety that we really wanted was a Copper Maran, which, in addition to being a beautiful bird, lays eggs which are chocolate brown.  But the vendor that we went with, originally, didn't have them available until sometime in late summer.  So we ordered our other birds anyway.  And then Brandis, who really should be doing this post as it's mostly her work, found a relative of a friend who has a farm and raises guess what?  Copper Marans!  In addition, he has a cross breed called Olive Egger, which lays olive green eggs.  So, we decided months ago we would get 2 of each.  On the chance that 1-2 might be boys.  Or anyway, maybe we could give one away or something....
      So, the day arrived.  We could have waited until the birds were delivered to Seattle, but they would have been much older.   The trick is to have the baby peeps imprint on you and get used to being around humans.  So we wanted the day olds...
     Brandis and Bryce drove yesterday to....Corvallis!   Now you definitely think we are crazy chicken ladies.  And yes, you can get birds closer to Seattle.  But these are special birds!  And the man actually had the birds all boxed up for them (after a tour of the farm, a tale I cannot tell, but sounds amazing).
     It was a little bit of a surprise to find that we had not 4, but 7 little peeps!  Oh, the adventure continues!  They are all fine, and no pasting to be seen, which is nice, after our sad days with Weeble.  And two are this genetic variant of off-white with black speckles.  They will be named Yaki and Soba. The other 5 are black with white markings.  Going to have to see if we can tell them apart in order to name them.
     So the brooder is bigger now, and divided so the big girls (affectionately called the Goons) don't peck the babies.  We hope the integrate them soon.  And the peeping is constant.  SO CUTE!
     As for the Goons, they were outside for the first time this last week, and, since the weather is fine this weekend, will be back outside again when it warms up a bit today.  And Brandis and I have the new coop started, with framing to come next.   Maybe the next post will be the coop photos....
But for now, just irresistible peep photos: