Hello! I'd like you to meet my family's first flock of chickens!
We got all 10 of them from our local Family Farm and Fleet on March 28, 2017,
and now at 4 weeks, they are almost to move into their coop! it seems to go by so fast!
with out further ado....I give you the Ten Little Hens!

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March 29, 2017
2 Days old​

These are my personal chicks of the bunch, both Buff Orpingtons. On the left, Filly and on the right, Lady Marmalade.




This is Opal, a Golden Laced Wyandotte




Ariel, a Light Brahma



On the left, Black widow, on right, Nibbles, both Barred Rocks



Jen, a Rhode Island Red



Lucille, an Isa Brown



Both EEs, the lighter one is Scarlett, darker, TigerLily


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April 4, 2017
1 week old



Starting to get their "grown up" feathers...


Filly and Lady Marmalade




Opal



Ariel​




Nibbles and Black Widow





Jen





Lucille






Scarlett and TigerLily



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April 11, 2017
3 weeks old

I let them outside for the first time...very funny and cute to watch them roam around in their new world!



Marmalade was very interested in the camera!




Nibbles is that one chicken who loves to just sit by you and cuddle...

















There's that camera hog again!





At one point, something scared them, maybe a car, but they all came and ran to me like I was their momma hen :)


Here's a different face....TigerLily!


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April 18, 2017
4 weeks old


Most all of them have now grown into their feathers and don't look like fluff balls anymore(!) In only a couple weeks, they'll be in the coop! seems so fast...


Filly and Marmalade




Nibbles and Black Widow





Lucille (lighter one)





Jen (darker one)




Opal




Ariel






Scarlett (lighter) TigerLily (darker)

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April 25, 2017
5 weeks old

Almost all the chicks have nice, sleek feathers to strut around in....and fly...
Some have jumped OUT of the brooder! good thing we were there, we had almost left on a trip and she probably would have gotten lost!



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Ohhh Filly.....
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Someone does like being held for picture day...;)
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Nibbles is clearly un-impressed!
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Here's one of the flighty buggers..
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Oh look! here's another!
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Hello Opal!
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And last but not least...Ariel!
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