18 Speckled Sussex Chicks just received!:)

[Joultry]

Hey y’all, this is Jasmine from NW Alabama! I am proud and beyond excited to announce I went at 8 am today and picked up my 15 female, 2 male, & 1 straight run chicks who were filling the tiny local Post Office with some boisterous peeps! I’m sure they were so glad to have that noise right at opening. My purpose for this thread is honestly to just share with the BC community my excitement for finally being able to have chickens again after serving in the Army on active duty for 4 years right out of high school. Thank you to those who read this and here are some pictures of my cute brown booties

 

[Joultry]

Hey everyone! It's been a little over two weeks and all 17 chicks are doing amazing! Unfortunately there was one casualty on day three for semi-unknown reasons, but I suspect the chick had not formed correctly in the egg. I had a respectful funeral for the little girl and buried her next to a stream right beside the coop. Moving forward, I have been spending quite a bit of time with the rest of the babies who are now super "awkward middle schooler" looking and half way feathered. I'm giving them fresh water and chick starter/ grower along with taking them outside to their "playground". It's been raining almost everyday here for the past week so I haven't been able to let them out as much as I want to but this weekend is supposed to be bright, sunny, and a warm 89 degrees so they're gonna have some fun! Here are some pictures I got of their first time outside..

 

[Joultry]

Welcome back! And SS are a real favorite here, they should be a lot of fun. Beautiful, friendly birds. We had mixed success with the cockerels though. half were fine, and half were human aggressive. Hope yours are going to be nicer!
Pictures, keep posting pictures! Wish they were here...
Mary

Hi Mary! I started out with Speckled Sussex for my first flock when I was just 12 years old and I got so attached to them. Unfortunately, not a year later, a predator got into the coop and massacred all but I believe 3 hens. So this is my restart with SS because over all of the other breeds I have had I am partial to them! I am crossing my fingers that I get a good rooster out of the 2 I ordered. The other will be either rehomed or harvested depending on the temperament. Here's some more pics!
This little one was so tired after the 3 day journey to us ..

And these guys went into a food coma after I introduced them to crumbles...

 

[Joultry]

Congrats! They are very cute and look healthy. Hope they all grow and thrive.

Thank you so much!

 

[JedJackson]

Thank you so much!

Enjoy them! They won't stay that way for long.

 

[WIchickMama]

So cute! Congrats

 

[Joultry]

So cute! Congrats

Congrats enjoy the fluff while you can....they grow up way to fast!

Thank you both! I am most definitely enjoying it!

 

[Joultry]

Yay!


Yeah, we felt so bad for the PO people when we went to pick up our box of chicks, the cheeping from the back room was at cacophony levels. When she handed me our small box it didn't make a dent in the noise level. When I expressed sympathy, she said they have chicks coming through every day and they get used to it. But her face said "please hurry away now".

Thank you for helping preserve our freedom

Haha that's a great phrase to describe the level of noise just a small box full of chicks can make! Thankfully mine came in early in the morning and the worker offered to allow me to come before opening to get them. Thank you!

 

[Dakar2009]

I just want to touch their fuzzy heads, lol

 

[JedJackson]

Congrats! They are very cute and look healthy. Hope they all grow and thrive.