We have two Blue Laced Red Wyandotte chickens you can only partially see one in the left side of the picture she’s pretty blurry but you can slightly see the distinct patter of the Blue Laced Red Wyandotte on her chest, anyways they are about average sized chickens with a solid base colour that can be an orange or grey and their wings, back, and feathers up their neck are normally another colour like a red or brown in spots so they’re pretty cool looking. They lay brown eggs that are medium sized just like the Barnevelders, brown is a pretty common colour.

Last night there was a lot of hail and thunder was very loud and bright, so the chickens were probably scared. They got locked up in the coop so we didn’t have to worry about them being out in the rain wet and cold, but the thunder was a worry for them. They had their heat lamp and each other so I’m sure they were able to stay warm, but they were probably still a little freaked out by the loud noises; they have a little window on one of the walls in the coop so they might as well have been scared of the flashes and the noises that would follow.

The chicken in the photo is a Welsummer and next to her is an Ameraucana. The Welsummers lay reddish-brown speckled eggs and Ameraucana lay blue eggs, which is far different from the assortment of browns we have.

The chickens have been doing well, however they don’t have much grass in their enclosure since it’s been raining a lot and they ate it all. There is probably some worms for them to eat though so that’s good. Yesterday, a large bald eagle flew over the front yard and the chickens freaked out quite a bit, but the eagle didn’t pay them any attention, so they eventually calmed down. The chickens have been enjoying the little sunbreak we’ve been having and they’ve been running around and playing, I mean they still stay out of the coop even when it’s raining because their crazy but when it’s not raining at least they’re dry even if their feet get a little muddy.

The three chickens you can see in the photo above are Lavender Orpington (left), Barnevelder (right) and Blue Copper Maran (bottom). Barnevelders lay medium brown eggs, which is a pretty common colour I’m sure you can guess and the Blue Copper Marans lay a dark brown.

At the chicken coop there is a white carport where the food is held for both the chickens and the bunnies; It had seemingly ‘flown away’ and was located outside of the chickens fenced-in area, upright with a small human sized hole right through the top. We all had to carry it back to where it originally was about 8-10 ft diagonally away. We in addition to the carport, had to move these cinderblock things and those got tied to the outside pole-legs of the carport to hold it down. The chickens were not very happy about their carport having been moved, but we eventually got it back to where it was originally placed.

Since I have 15 chickens there are many different types, most of the chickens are twins with another chicken like our Lavenders, Welsummers, and a few others. The two Lavender chickens are called ‘Lavender Orpingtons’ and they are small and quick and have a pretty grey colour of their feathers. They are very light and fluffy and friendly as well. They lay medium-sized light brown eggs, our other friendly chicken is a Brahma named Lady Gaga and she doesn’t have a twin anymore. She’s a golden-brown colour and she’s named Lady Gaga because of the fancy feathers on her legs. She is smaller than our rooster but larger than the other hens, her eggs are about the same as the Lavender’s but slightly bigger.

The chickens normally lay between 17-25 eggs a week, which is like way too many for our family, so we have eggs for a very long time. One of our chickens lays a blueish-green egg and the more grass she eats the greener they get.

When I went to fill up water and feed the chickens, it was sleeting quite a lot. It was very gray outside and the chickens were soaking wet and huddled under the white canopy with their feathers sticking down in spikes, so they looked pretty funny.  Today is brighter but still pretty cold and when I let them out, they were unleashed from the coop like a terrifying chicken-army and immediately made a path to one of their food containers. There was another inside of the coop, but it had been knocked over, and there was as well so many eggs in the coop.

The chickens lay many different types of eggs since we have so many different breeds; some of the colours include an average brown/tan colour, a greenish blue, and a very light pink. We have way too many eggs from the chickens for our family so my mom will fill up a carton and give them to friends sometimes which is nice.