Introducing my First 5 Chicks

[ericaperry]

Hi all!

My name is Erica. I have been wanting chickens for months now and my husband finally let me order (originally four!) five chicks from mypetchicken. I had to get one more for the minimum order I'm originally from the suburbs of Los Angeles and we are currently about 35ish miles north of Sac in Marysville, CA, in a new housing development that borders farmland. Talk about a nice, relaxing change of pace

I picked up the chicks from the post office Wed, making them 5 days old, and have been patiently waiting for enough settle-in time for a photoshoot! Without further ado here they are:

First one up is our Buff Orpington, aptly named Sunny She is the most calm chick out of the bunch; very calm, tolerates being handled, and usually off on her own in the brooder. Don't want to pick a "favorite" so soon, but I love her chill demeanor!

Our EE, Paprika. She is very animated, FAST, and talkative. Yes, she was chirping the entire photoshoot. Sometimes joins in on our Wyandotte's and Australorp's games.

Our Australorp, Sydney. Look at her strut!
Her and our Wyandotte seem to be hitting it off real well; they are two peas in the pod. My husband and I joke that they are the jerks of the flock (hopefully this turns out to be untrue!) because they seem to bother the other three with their playfulness...

Our unnamed Golden Laced Wyandotte. Follows Sydney around all over the brooder. We put a dust bath in the brooder and Sydney and this one LOVE it. They also seem to love to accidentally kick the dirt in the other chicks' faces. Rude. Waiting to see if she has other personality traits other than copying Sydney to name her

And our most camera shy, our unnamed Welsummer. She was NOT having photoshoot day. We are waiting for her personality to develop more before naming. She is the most flighty out of all them so far.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hi all!

My name is Erica. I have been wanting chickens for months now and my husband finally let me order (originally four!) five chicks from mypetchicken. I had to get one more for the minimum order I'm originally from the suburbs of Los Angeles and we are currently about 35ish miles north of Sac in Marysville, CA, in a new housing development that borders farmland. Talk about a nice, relaxing change of pace

I picked up the chicks from the post office Wed, making them 5 days old, and have been patiently waiting for enough settle-in time for a photoshoot! Without further ado here they are:

First one up is our Buff Orpington, aptly named Sunny She is the most calm chick out of the bunch; very calm, tolerates being handled, and usually off on her own in the brooder. Don't want to pick a "favorite" so soon, but I love her chill demeanor!

Our EE, Paprika. She is very animated, FAST, and talkative. Yes, she was chirping the entire photoshoot. Sometimes joins in on our Wyandotte's and Australorp's games.

Our Australorp, Sydney. Look at her strut!
Her and our Wyandotte seem to be hitting it off real well; they are two peas in the pod. My husband and I joke that they are the jerks of the flock (hopefully this turns out to be untrue!) because they seem to bother the other three with their playfulness...

Our unnamed Golden Laced Wyandotte. Follows Sydney around all over the brooder. We put a dust bath in the brooder and Sydney and this one LOVE it. They also seem to love to accidentally kick the dirt in the other chicks' faces. Rude. Waiting to see if she has other personality traits other than copying Sydney to name her

And our most camera shy, our unnamed Welsummer. She was NOT having photoshoot day. We are waiting for her personality to develop more before naming. She is the most flighty out of all them so far.

first let say love the photo's of the peeps very cute congratulations... and hello from Western Washington state

 

[alohamade]

They are adorable. And I love their names! Congratulations on starting your new flock! My husband let me have my very first flock about a month ago and I still get excited when I see them everyday

 

[chickenE]

I love Paprika's pose!

 

[Kiki]

Welcome aboard! Great photos.
We are glad you joined our flock.
This video will help you learn how to navigate this site:

 

[drumstick diva]

I love the shy one, acts like I did when I was a young chick. Aw, hope she will make a friend and not feel so vulnerable. I did! Other shy kids gravitate to each other.

Hope you will enjoy BYC as much as we do.

 

[ericaperry]

Thanks everyone! I have finally named the last two- Maya (Wyandotte) and Eureka (Welsummer). I took two-week old pictures too..now that they are getting almost daily trips outside. They love finding bare patches of dirt in the lawn to bury themselves in

 

[ericaperry]

My girls at 2 weeks now. I have a timeline of finishing their coop and run before September 1st...we are waiting for our landscaper to come and install a concrete foundation for it. We're going all out and building a coop "The Palace" from the coop section

Sydney. Only able to image her from the front today.

The ever docile Sunny. She seems to be the "smallest" this week.

Maya, our Wyandotte. We actually named her after our female boxer, Mia, because 1) they're both the smallest of the bunch (Mia was the runt of the litter) and 2) they've both got some attitude!
Look at her pretty golden lace coming through

Paprika!
Do I see a beard or earmuffs forming already

And I saved Eureka for last. My husband wanted to name her after me...because it seemed in this past week she has been proving to be the HBIC...or is that HCIC (Head Chick in Charge??) We were putting a small tupperware of grit in their brooder and everytime I checked, Eureka would be on top of it, above all the other chicks...Not to mention she is the biggest one out of the bunch this week! (and i'm tiny! )

 

[Cntry1958]

Aww they are so cute. Keep taking the pictures as they grow so fast so we can see as they change to. I love when they are that small.

 

[Kiki]

Boxers rule!

You pictures are so cute, you may want to enter this contest:
2018 BYC Calendar - Your Pictures Needed!