How long does a chick stay cute?

[AmyRey]

lol

A photographer friend of mine wants to buy some chicks to use as Easter photo props. (Kudos to her for investigating first.) I've happily agreed to take them when she's through using them.

She wants to know how it takes them to start developing their adult feathers and lose their cuteness.

 

[Pascal PicklePants]

the ones I recently hatched started getting wing feathers at day 3 or 4.

 

[Judy]

Well, cuteness is in the eye of the beholder.... Mine are over 3 weeks and I think cuter every day in their own way. If she wants total absence of feathers, though, she'd best catch them as day olds at most.

 

[AmyRey]

Okay - Thanks ya'll!

 

[chickendude]

when their poo starts to smell bad.

Kinda like human babies.

 

[cackydoodledoo]

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[shelleyb1969]

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oh my goodness...I came into this thread to post those EXACT same words.

 

[7L Farm]

Forever!! Mine are already giving me the stink eye at 10 days old.

 

[GeneJordan]

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[classicsredone]

They are easiest to pose as day olds. They'll sit somewhere warm for a few minutes to give you a chance to get pictures. The older they get the less they like sitting while you put a camera in their face.

My 3 week olds look like some kind of chicken/vulture cross at the moment.