i am so in love with all these chick pics.. soooooo **** cute.. my 9 girls are 21 weeks old now.. looking full grown now.. i am thinking i have 2 roosters in the bunch tho.. anyway, here's a baby pic from a few months ago..
i kept my girls in a little run around the coop for at least a week, when they started flying over the fence is when they started free ranging.. and trust their instincts, they will be kind of scared, clinging together, calling to each other when one gets out of sight.. and i spend a lot of time...
they are almost 8 weeks old and its amazing how well their instincts kick in.. they have a coop for night.. but during the day, they roam free.. they all 9 stick together.. if they see the shadow of a hawk, they take cover under a porch or something, all together.. we live in the country and my...
they grow sooooo fast..
i am so in love with my 9 little chicks.. first time chicken mama here and knock on wood, they are all healthy and happy,. they free range and i love watching how they stick together.. every day they venture out a little further, always together.. they know my voice...
moved my chicks from the brooder to the coop.. they are loving it.. free ranging.. and even put themselves to bed the first night at dusk. they are 5 weeks old.. :) here are a barred rock and a black australorp chick.
i love watching my chicks starting to grow their combs in and getting bigger.. they are developing some cute personalities of their own..
this is one that i thought was a plymouth rock, but apparently she is a black australorp.. i call this one Alex.. love the little teardrop markings.. she is...
she looks just like my little black australorp chicks.. identical markings.. funny how they turn whitish before turning black.. adorable tho.. :)
update.. i am a little embarrassed but she is a barred plymouth rock.. the place where i got my chicks from mislabeled them.. what i thought were...
my one week old black australorps
one of my one week old barred plymouth rocks
and a one week old buff orpington.. i am just so in love with my babies.. first time chicken owner.. we got 3 black australorps, 3 barred plymouth rocks and 3 buff orpingtons.. they are so sweet.. amazing how...