How it all began

 On one of our Thanksgiving trips to my brother's house, we stopped at the  Museum of American Frontier in Staunton, Virginia, just off 81, and saw our first Silver Laced Polish Rooster. Timid at first, our daughter finally stooped to feed the bird some scratch we bought at the Museum store.  He ate out of her hand.  


This was in 2002, I believe.  When we went to order the chicks this spring, an option popped out - TOP HAT SPECIALS.  How could I resist?  We had no idea what kind we would get, but we are getting a glimpse everyday of what our chicks will become.  One of them resembles a silver laced polish chick.

This is Amy when she was a couple of days old.

A week or so later.

Then some feathers grew

And pictures taken today, June 6, 2011; she'll be 4 weeks old tomorrow.

We hope she/he grows into the feathers on top!

Anne at Echo Mountain View Road chickens