Holding her new chickens. (She got a hair cut, because her 12 year old brother decided to cut chunks out of her hair... which is a different story, and she's still pissy about it.)
So far, all 11 are alive. 3 polish crested, 3 red sex linked, 2 silkies, and 3 blue cochins, but I'm confused, because 2 of them are yellow and one's black. LOL I didn't realize if they were blue cochins, the babies would be different colors.
Her older brother decided to "play" barber, and didn't tell her he was using REAL scissors... He cut gigantic holes in her curls, so I had to lop it all off to fix the damage he did.... She's been telling everyone she meets her brother cut her hair.... they "assume" it was her 2 year old brother who did, until she informs them that no, it was her older, almost 13 year old brother that did it...
Rem I told you I thought the EE were just not very social...none of mine chicks ever really liked to be held.
Here's the little red sexlinked I'd been worried about. But she's more perky now and eating/drinking.
what's interesting, is these chickens panic less when you hold them, and they peck at our hands less then our EE batch. These guys seem more social right from the get go. I thought that was interesting.
The red sexlinked I was worried about died. I went back upstairs to check on them, and she was dead.
Oh - and our EE LOVE my daughter, they just aren't super big on being mauled non stop, but they've been handled for hours per day... so they are pretty used to her. She goes out there with them in their kennel for 2-3 hours a day and picks them up, sings to them, takes them water/food and plays with them...
Poor little chickie.The red sexlinked I was worried about died. I went back upstairs to check on them, and she was dead.
the others appear to be doing okay, but the two silkies have dirty butts, so I washed them off with a baby wipe to make sure they weren't plugged up, just to be safe. Since my daughter plans on putting diapers on her silkies, I'll just go ahead and make a habit of picking them up and wiping their butt off.
I did know about apple cider vinegar, but their butts were clean this morning, so if they persist to have dirty butts, I'll slip some ACV in their water. I just didn't want to give them anything "extra" before they de-stressed from the trip.
