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We stopped at two feed stores for chicks yesterday, and brought home four chicks. I'm starting small.
They're all different kinds, like my rabbits. :lol:
Bunny-Wan Kenobi held them for me:
Americauna pullet, ~2 weeks old:
Black Jersey Giant pullet, ~2 weeks old, maybe 3:
Rhode Island Red chick, I guess less than a week old:
Buff Orpington chick, I guess less than a week old:
Hoping the chicks are girls... I forgot to ask.
The chicks are together, and the pullets are together, as I was told the pullets would peck the chicks.
They make marvelous happy peeping sounds. Unless you pick up one of the pullets. Then they make very loud "Help, I'm a helpless chicken about to be eaten by a giant" peeping sounds. :lol: They're calming down, though.
The kids just adore them. Bunny-Wan Kenobi is easily startled by an adult chicken, so I'm hoping raising them will help him.
I'll definitely need more than 4 to satisfy the egg requirements of this family! I figured I'd start small, though.
It takes about 5-6 weeks for them to feather out, right? And then I can start acclimating them to outside?
They're all different kinds, like my rabbits. :lol:
Bunny-Wan Kenobi held them for me:
Americauna pullet, ~2 weeks old:
Black Jersey Giant pullet, ~2 weeks old, maybe 3:
Rhode Island Red chick, I guess less than a week old:
Buff Orpington chick, I guess less than a week old:
Hoping the chicks are girls... I forgot to ask.
The chicks are together, and the pullets are together, as I was told the pullets would peck the chicks.
They make marvelous happy peeping sounds. Unless you pick up one of the pullets. Then they make very loud "Help, I'm a helpless chicken about to be eaten by a giant" peeping sounds. :lol: They're calming down, though.
The kids just adore them. Bunny-Wan Kenobi is easily startled by an adult chicken, so I'm hoping raising them will help him.
I'll definitely need more than 4 to satisfy the egg requirements of this family! I figured I'd start small, though.
It takes about 5-6 weeks for them to feather out, right? And then I can start acclimating them to outside?