Boggart’s Birdie Babies

[MochaDuck]

No names yet, but I’m thinking of naming my whole flock after trees! Boisdarc, Catawba, Mimosa, Plumeria, etc.

I love the name Mimosa

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

Lovely chickens btw! Your second photo seems to capture their personality’s perfectly. I can’t wait to have my own Silkie. I’d love her to be my broody

I love all my chickens, but the silkies are by far my favorite!

 

[boggart]

The older girls had their first dust bath today! It’s amazing how ingrained their desires and natural instincts are, even without a mama they know exactly what to do.

 

[drumstick diva]

Mimosa is a lovely name

 

[boggart]

Here’s another picture of the chicks in the raised beds yesterday evening. I worked pruning neglected tomatoes for about 4 hours and they had a great time pecking and scratching around.

I also introduced our Pug dog “Smudge” to the chicks and she had no idea what to think. She’s great with all kinds of babies (human, dog, cat) but the chicks might look more like food to her. Good thing she isn’t allowed outside with them unsupervised!

I’ve come to find out that the chicks absolutely love spent flower petals. Rose, ice plant, and especially hibiscus! They chase one another around with the petals in their beaks.

And here’s the names I’ve settled on, I just need to decide who gets what! Blackjack, Boisdarc (Bodark), Catawba/Catalpa, Cypress, Dogwood, Hickory, Magnolia, Maple, Mesquite, and Mimosa.

 

[drumstick diva]

What a beautiful Pug.

 

[drumstick diva]

Pugs are on so many greeting cards because, of their gorgeous eye expressions.

 

[boggart]

What a beautiful Pug.

Thank you so much

Pugs are on so many greeting cards because, of their gorgeous eye expressions.

She has such an expressive face! You can see the curiosity right on it, it even looks like her eyebrows are raised.

 

[Fatimetta]

Ahhhh babies!! They are all soooo cute! Do you have any grown chickens already? That little Australorp is so adorable - they are one of my favorite breeds! ♥

 

[boggart]

Ahhhh babies!! They are all soooo cute! Do you have any grown chickens already? That little Australorp is so adorable - they are one of my favorite breeds! ♥

My chubby little Australorp is so friendly! She loves to get pets and to cuddle into my hands. I’m in love with the breed already.
I do have one grown hen (who I believe is a leghorn) that I rehomed just yesterday. She is a rescue that wasn’t fitting in with her adult flockmates due to a head wound. She passed through a couple families whose hens didn’t like her as well, and since I only have small chicks she is with me now! Chicken math...