We have 6 new babies! We were going to wait until spring to get more chicks but we went in and that was it. Couldn't resist the only t two in the bins with feathered feet or the tiny white one.
I'd love breed guesses!
The group huddled together waiting on me to get the brooder set up.
#1...
OK. Not how I wanted to start my morning.
Our first batch of 4 chicks were from an organic local farm and did soo well (now almost 6 weeks) so I feel like I'm in new territory. My hubby surprised me with 6 little "crested mix" babies from atwoods last wednesday. One chick was a little "off"...
So 2/4 of our first ever batch of baby chicks are boys for sure (combs and wattles keep getting bigger and redder!). One even made an awful squawk sound this morning with his neck out! They will be off to new homes soon.
But last night my darling hubby surprised me with these tiny babies! I...
I have four different chicks. Straight run barnyard mix. We got them at 2 days on Sunday. Two of them at first seemed to be vying for #1 position, I guess. The other two have been passive. Well now the one has gotten crazy bossy/psycho and the others kind of put up with her. They have plenty of...
I'm a total newbie and these are unsexed "barnyard mixes" we got from a local farmer.
From top to bottom:
Hedwig
Rose Tyler
Princess Buttercup
Miss Marvel
All four of their cute backsides ^_^
Well, hello, I'm Sam. After months (8 to be exact) of talking the husband into it we got our first babies today. It was a last minute thing since I honestly thought I had another year of talking him into it. Haha! But I'm excited. We just went and picked four random backyard mixes from a newer...