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    Getting bigger

    Couple more pics
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    Getting bigger

    Yes. They are part Silkie. A black Silkie looking rooster came over and joined the group. Very cautious and it took about a week to actually come near. Finally able to have him feed from my hand though I am not able to touch or pet him. There are more chicks with his features in different...
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    Getting bigger

    I started out with 5 baby chicks that the mother hen rejected. 5 were doing well. When they got big enough and fully feathered, I left the top of the cage open so they can go on their own to explore. 2 are gone. 1 from exposure and the other got sick. The 3 left are in good shape. They come...
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    What's the temperature where you are???

    I am in Hawaii Big Island near Pahoa. Right now its 68 degrees and might dip down to 64 or so. Not as cold as other places. Still, I'll have 3 blankets over me in bed. Daytime tomorrow might get up to 80.
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    New chicks

    My youngest brother gave me a large cage that I can use. I set up a lamp that has heat, newspaper and box with paper towels to lie on, big bowl of water and container for food. Still indoors till last week when my middle brother and his family came over to visit. I had to move the chicks out to...
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    New chicks

    I have raise young chicks before. The most being two at a time. With 5, I will see how I do with them. It is getting cooler here in Hawaii. Mid 60's at night early morning , then high 70's .Yes, they are in a safe warm place. I have them indoors. I set up a box with a heat lamp and I give them...
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    New chicks

    Thanks! The yellow one didn't make it. :( The others are fine and eat quite a bit. They are so cute when they raise their heads up after sipping water.
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    New chicks

    Couple of the early ones to hatch were black. The small yellow one probably was one of the last ones so that might of been it. That one still has its eye shut. The black ones I scooped up are doing well. They were crying for their mom at first but when I gave them the starter food and water...
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    New chicks

    Hen Med brown with white speckles coloring had 15 eggs! 11 hatched, 1 was just coming out of the egg I guess hen pecked it. Didin't survive. 1 egg roten and the other 2 not viable. Out of the 11, 5 were black with some white, two of them had a more rounded body with some feathers(?) on their...
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    New chicks

    No ramps. The hen with the nest high up will be moved to the second level of the shelf. I have a kind of step ladder so that the chicks can go on each step and then jump to the top when they get a little bigger. The rooster silkie is pretty big and he jumps up on to the table I have on the...
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    New chicks

    First time mom has 6 chicks so far. 5 eggs left. When I came back from town, I found that the mom took off with 4 chicks while 2 stayed behind chirping loudly. I guess too scared to jump to the ground. I kept company with the two and fed them the new bought starter food and had a small dish of...
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    Can you See Me?

    This Roo is the top. I haven't seen the older one for about a month. He is the one with the white tail feather that I saved 2 times when he got pecked on by another rooster pretty bad. I am guessing that he got taken by a rooster thief.
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    Can you See Me?

    My sister in law hid some easter eggs in the front yard. Some had candy or chocolates while others had a $1, $5, or a $10 bill. She said one was not found. I finally found it last month and inside was a $1 bill. Not useable. I would have to send it to the Treasury Department for a replacement...
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    Can you See Me?

    That, I do not know. Have some new baby chicks. Some of the chicks of other hens have disappeared.
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    Can you See Me?

    Looking around and amazing how some blend into the surrounding area.
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