I'm blown away!

[Puck-Puck]

I'm sure this is hardly an original sentiment, but I am stunned by how quickly those tiny peeps, 25 of whom fit into something the size of a large shoebox just last week, now have little feathered-out WINGS that they are eager to try out in the brooder...the rapidly "shrinking" brooder...which they seem to think is a runway for take-off. There isn't room to fly, and they go crashing into their buddies, causing a big commotion. As it's warm today, I have half of them in the yard in a dog crate, to give them more space, which they seem to be enjoying. I hope they don't outgrow the brooder before they're hardy enough to move to the coop.

 

[trilyn]

Isn't it the coolest thing! To watch them grow is one of the neatest parts of owning chicks. I got two different batches of chicks a week apart and when I put the second batch in with the first, it was shocking to see the difference! Gotta love those little fuzzy butts!!

 

[Emzyyy]

Its fun to stick a couple sticks in the ground wrap some chicken wire around it and let em loose and just watch them you start to figure out pullet and cockeral.

 

[RendonRoo]

Hold them real close to your ear in a quiet room and you can hear the feathers grow. LOL. I guess they grow about 25% a day for several weeks but thats not scientific. Next time i get some i'm gonna weigh them daily to see how accurate that guess is. Congrats on your new fuzzybutts and welcome to BYC

 

[MissouriChick]

Imagine how fast they grow when you accidentally buy 24% protein chick starter!

 

[sparkles2307]

we get blown away by all 109 flapping their wings at us! The ducks dont make much wind with the teeny winglets the have yet

 

[GAchick]

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At least 25% a day. I know when I went outside this morning they were noticably bigger than last night...

 

[NCchickenman1958]

I built my 10 girls a 8x2x2 run that I put them out in every afternoon when I get home from work, it has a hinged cover and screen 1 ft up on the sides because they were sticking their heads out and I was afraid one of the cats would grab them. mine love to take off and are busy hopping and flyiing around the pen. I spent about $50 on the materials and it took about 21/2 hours to build well worth the effort. I have designed a coop and will be building it this weekend so that it will be ready when they can move into it.

 

[Danigirl3]

It's unbelievable! My 16 chicks are 4 weeks old and they are on their 3rd brooder. I hope the next move is into a smaller coop until the big coop is done. And boy do they like to eat!