Yippy...congrats. That's took a lot of time to get her to succumb.Well, my wife went off and did it. She bought two chicks today. I really didn't think she would follow through, but she has. And she caught the "crazy chicken lady" bug already. She picked up the black one and it immediately snuggled in to her hands and fell asleep. So she named it Sleepy. The second, she chose because she "was the shortest and smallest," so she would stay a chick the longest. Or so she thinks. She turned out to be very talkative the entire trip home and my wife was going to call her Loudy. She decided on Sunshine instead. I have no idea what breeds they are yet. I figured if she was willing to follow through with buying them, I'd let her get whatever she wanted to get my foot in the door. Woohoo!
So right now, they are sitting there chirping in a large Rubbermaid clothing container with the heat lamp on. We keep the house at 80*, so I know I need it. The seller thinks they are from the freshly hatched group that came in on Friday, so they are within the first week. It's mounted to a camera tripod, so I can change the height very easily. They seem good so far. I'll watch them tonight each time my daughter decides to get up and feed. She usually sleeps all night, but was up every two hours. I guess another growth spurt is coming.
So the required pictures are below. Sorry for the bad quality, but it's late and dark in the house. More to come in the next few days. Hopefully at least one with my wife holding them.
