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The babies are here, the babies are here! And they all have feathered legs! Yippeeee!!! Ordered 8, and all 8 made it but one looks a lot weaker than the others. They all got a dose of sugar water, then a drink of regular water, and a little chick feed scattered on the paper towels. The weak chick also got a dose of PolyViSol. But sugar, water and food ain't what they wanted - they wanted to get under that heating pad and stay there!
I'll take some pictures after they've had a little time to settle in. They were delayed overnight in Casper so it took four full days to get here. I figure I've got plenty of time to take "first-day" photos but they need to warm up and get settled. That's the same reason they aren't going directly out into the run right now. I want to keep an eye on them for the first 24 hours before they go out to the brooder pen.
I'm so excited!!!
She sounds wonderful.....just be sure the new ones you get later have hairy legs! Remember, they aren't slower to get feathers on their legs than the Lights. <sigh>They're beautiful! Congratulations! I adore our Buff Brahma, Caroline, my last remaining hatchery hen. She's heading toward 9 years old now, great old gal, salt of the earth. Want more in the future when I'm rebuilding my flocks.
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LOL, oh, no problem. And she is wonderful. I hope you have some Carolines in there. My Caroline is Queen of any coop we put her in. She just moves in and shoves them all over. Gotta love a tough woman! I'm happy for you.
Looks like a pullet to me. Has a lot of feathering for so young and usually pullets feather the fastest.Hi All,
Hope I can join in here! I recently had a Moment Of Weakness at TSC and somehow 6 little bantam chicks hitched a ride home with me. Chicken Math. Whatever.
Anyway, I've pretty much figured out what they all are, and it seems I've got a little Brahma. This little fuzzball is the SWEETEST chick ever...I am absolutely in love. (I have a leash-trained rooster, so when I say "sweet," that's really saying something.)
Here are a couple of pics of my little Brahma....at least, I think it's a Brahma. I've named the chick Swiffer.
Here's Swiffer at about 2 days old:
And here's Swiffer today, at a little over 3 weeks old:
Also, is there a definite way to tell gender at this age, based on coloring? I'm thinking she looks kind of girlish right now.
Thanks,
Katja
The first pic sure looks like a Brahma but the second pic looks like a mottled cochin. (girl by the way)Hi All,
Hope I can join in here! I recently had a Moment Of Weakness at TSC and somehow 6 little bantam chicks hitched a ride home with me. Chicken Math. Whatever.
Anyway, I've pretty much figured out what they all are, and it seems I've got a little Brahma. This little fuzzball is the SWEETEST chick ever...I am absolutely in love. (I have a leash-trained rooster, so when I say "sweet," that's really saying something.)
Here are a couple of pics of my little Brahma....at least, I think it's a Brahma. I've named the chick Swiffer.
Here's Swiffer at about 2 days old:
And here's Swiffer today, at a little over 3 weeks old:
Also, is there a definite way to tell gender at this age, based on coloring? I'm thinking she looks kind of girlish right now.
Thanks,
Katja