The biddies are getting even bigger, I took a clean out as an opportunity to get more pics! I've been keeping track of them as they grow, but now I'm not too confident about how I sexed them. I'm going to try checking their wing feathers at the next cleaning.
Below: Grape, Lime, Kiwi, Plum, and...
It's been a couple weeks and the chicks have grown so fast! I also got 2 welsummer and 1 Dominique chick to raise with them from my local farm store (Barnes!)
First brooder - one of those black tots from Costco
New brooder: an old chicken run in the garage
Much easier to clean and give the...
For the waterer, mine figured it out pretty quickly, but you can do the same thing I do with chicks: hold them and put their beak up to the nipples, or while they are watching, move the nipples enough to make water drop down. They are pretty quick on the uptake for food and water.
I don't have...
I did do a review of the chicks and cut off the leg bands out of an abundance of caution. Also took the opportunity to name them. Honestly ...lime and lemon...I can barely tell them apart. Lime has slightly more light fluff under the wings.
Peach formerly square - OliveExSS (f)
Kiwi formerly...