So excited! I'm a first time chick gramma! Muffy my EE is sitting on a dozen total. She has three under her today, maybe more tomorrow? 2 are Wellsummers and the 3rd stayed to hidden to tell.
Here's my 9 week old babies. A little supervised freedom! First time free ranging. These are Lady the BO, Muffy and Demi the EE's and Stevie and Olive the Aussies.
Muffy at 6 weeks! She's one of two EE, have two Australorps and an Orpington named Lady. Lost her sister earlier this week to a long illness. Very sad...miss my little Sissy. They all went out to play in the yard today....they just love that!
Thank you! Having so much fun with them. I have another buff orp who has bonded with me. She goes right for my shoulder and snuggles in my hair then falls asleep. I have been nursing her back to health for a week now. Some kind of skin infection. So she has been getting alot of handling. Told my...
My plan was to put them in a large covered pen in the coop with a heat lamp or two. The coop is 8x8 and has plenty of room for that. And when they are around 8 weeks or so, try integration. IM hoping that if my older flock sees them and hears them for a time they will accept them sooner. I will...
Well that's good to know, I was concerned that we were given the Cornish Cross meat birds. They look identical but I read that they usually don't survive past 10 months or so because of their size. I have other breeds that are dual purpose and aren't nearly this size. I'm already attached to...