Chicks in 3 days... Freaking out.

[ConnecticutCowgirl]

Ok, so my dad woke me up at 6:15 this morning... Before I could get mad at him he told me that the chicks were ready to get picked up...
Here they are!!!!!!!!



Piper the Speckled Sussex, Genevieve the Australorp, and Penny the RIR...

Spoon and Pepper taking a nap!

Daisy's butt!

Loot at how tiny Genevieve is!

Penny, Genevieve, Pepper, and Piper.

Piper and Pepper.

All the babies!




SOOOOOO HAPPY TO HAVE THEM HOME! It's been a long time coming... 3 years to be exact!

 

[chefchick]

Love those cute little fuzzy butts! I never get tired of watching baby chicks! I can't wait til the weekend... I should have some baby quails hatching

 

[ConnecticutCowgirl]

Good luck! I hope they do come!

 

[PickenOutDough]

These other comments are great I agree with the not heating the whole area we dont want chicks to drink hot water! Ive been raising chicks for a while now and I always put a few small rocks in the water to keep them from drowning. but make sure they can get to water. I also use news paper but I put pine NEEDLES on top a few years back I incubated some chicks and they looked like they were doing the splits. They couldnt stand, they were not getting traction. so the pine needles straightened them up! I also got a butter bowl lid and put their food on it was easy for them to see and it reduced messes with the ridge on it. I also recommend interacting with them. I love playing mamma chicken! i use my finger and tap on a piece of food mimicking a mother hen showing the chick what to eat and they go over and gobble it right up. They will do the same with water. I also feed them treats such as pieces of peaches and the lime green baby grasshoppers I find in the yard they love them! warning wait 2 weeks before you start feeding them too big of grasshoppers!

 

[RonC]

Glad they all made it ok.

 

[Nike]

Cute!!!!!

 

[ConnecticutCowgirl]

They sure are! Can you check out the other thread that I started concerning a chick with possible splayed leg???

 

[yo burrill]

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Check out this site for all your chicken podiatry questions. It's awesome!!

 

[StacyTN]

Ok, so my dad woke me up at 6:15 this morning... Before I could get mad at him he told me that the chicks were ready to get picked up...
Here they are!!!!!!!!


SOOOOOO HAPPY TO HAVE THEM HOME! It's been a long time coming... 3 years to be exact!

They are so cute & I love how you already have their names.

Told myself today I am going up to our coops with a piece of paper writing down the names. I have given a few names but I got so many within a 2 month period (24 teenagers in 3 different coops, 9 in brooder( they will have to wait for names a few more weeks, can't tell them apart yet) & of course the 6-7 I expect to hatch) that I just couldn't keep it straight. I am starting to tell the difference between most and want to be creative w/the names.

Good luck to ya & keep us posted with pics.

Hope to share some pics. of my 1st hatchlings in 2-3days : )

 

[ConnecticutCowgirl]

Great! Can't wait to see them!!!