Have 3 babies...should we get attached? Okay, it is probably too late

[MareeZoCool]

Karey! from Ohio; I've got to admit it, I'm 56, no kids to share my chicken addiction here, and I have named each chicken the very moment I met them here at my home and placed them in their new home coop. I love my chickens!

 

[4urbanchicks]

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We had named them before we picked them up! I only realized that may not have been a good idea afterwards, but you have to take chances, right?

 

[4urbanchicks]

Here's the babies!!!!

 

[SkyWarrior]

Awww!

from Montana!

I got my first chicks on April 1st and I now have 29 chicks. All have (knock wood) been fine.

 

[Tikka]

I was worried about naming ours in case some didn't make it, but as soon as we saw them, people started naming them. We couldn't help it. We just wanted to connect with and identify them.

 

[Tallgirl17]

Adorable!!! I am the same way. I kept telling myself that first week, "Don't get attached...don't get attached!" and worried over every little thing. They are so much fun! We waited about 2 weeks before naming them. You know just in case something happened but also to get a feel of their personality. I have 8 but I've been sucked in and already want more!!!!!! Do you think they have meetings for people like us? You know like AA?!

 

[4 luv of eggs]

As we drove home with the first batch (notice I said first) my husband said "You aren't going to name them, are you?" I said "I sure am!" How else are you supposed to refer to them? Come here chicken with the white dot and darker coloration!

You can't help but love their fuzziness, little chipmunk faces, big round butts (just like their human mama) and their itzy bitzy ootzy wootzy......oops I slipped into chick mode.

I have 18 now, this is my first experience with chicks, all are doing great and they're really not that difficult. Watch their butts for pasty butt and make sure they are warm, dry and have clean food and water. Give them grit before treats and keep coming back here with any concerns or questions. This is a GREAT group of people.

 

[zDoc]

They are so cute!!

Better make room for more.

and btw

 

[Mervin]

Yes they're delicate now, but in three weeks you'll be wondering how soon you can put them outside. It's not that you're tired of them, more that they're really not house pets per se. Mine just went out Sunday afternoon. They really seem much happier on the ground rather than in a box. Almost immediately after I put them out, the temps dropped to the 40's with all sorts of rain. I've been worried about them--I shoot straight out of bed at the crack of dawn to check them--but they seem to be okay. In fact, some of them really seem to be prospering in the "out of doors". The one we used to call Runty we really can't anymore. She's almost caught up in under two days of fresh air. The point is, just have fun. Allow yourself to enjoy them for what they are and what they mean to you. It's just like the people that you love, you can't protect them from everything. Spend a reasonable amount of time protecting them, but spend most of your time enjoying them.

B/C your Ameraucanas are more than likely mixed breeds, their temperament can be all over the board. I have two myself and one is everybody's favorite. She's very personable and was the one that liked to be in a person's lap the most. The other is perhaps the most stand-offish of our dozen chickens. She hates to be picked up and is the first to run from people. That said, I happen to think she's the prettiest bird we have too.

 

[4urbanchicks]

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I think they should, CA (chickens anonymous)