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We just got our first ever chicks today -- the booklet at the feedstore said we were getting "Ameraucanas/Americanas," and when the lady phoned me today she told me my "Araucanas" were in, but I know they're really Easter Eggers, which is what I wanted. We ended up just getting two, but I'll be getting some actual Ameraucanas in a few weeks. My 3 year old daughter had her heart set on a yellow chick and got this one and named her Daisy (they had so many, we really just got to pick a colour rather than really hand pick them)
Any guess on what colour she'll be when she gets feathers? She's yellow, but there's a bit of greyish/brownish on her back and chest and head. I tried to explain to my daughter that her yellow chick isn't going to be yellow when she gets feathers, but I don't think she really believes me. This one has kind of droopy wings, when I first put her in the brooder she totally scared me, she had one wing drooping, then the other, then her head kind of flopped a bit, and then she went to sleep for a few minutes. She seems ok, not scared of my hand, she pecked at my fingers and kept coming towards me when I was taking her picture, I hope the wing droopiness is just her being tired!
This is the one I picked, and I think I'll call her Marzipan
Any guesses on her colour someday? She's bigger than Daisy, and at the top of her beak she's got a longer 'comb,' or where the comb will be I guess. I sure hope she doesn't end up being a roo! And she is way louder too!
They cheep-cheeped the whole way home, much to the worry of my daughter ("Why are the baby chicks crying?!" "I don't want them to cry!"). And they are still cheep-cheeping away! The temperature under the heat lamp is 95 degrees, so I don't think they're cold. They know where the food and water is and I've seen them eat. Maybe they're lonely with just the two of them? Am I doing something wrong, or not doing something and thats why they're so cheep-cheepy? (Man, they are Loud too, lol!)
Any guess on what colour she'll be when she gets feathers? She's yellow, but there's a bit of greyish/brownish on her back and chest and head. I tried to explain to my daughter that her yellow chick isn't going to be yellow when she gets feathers, but I don't think she really believes me. This one has kind of droopy wings, when I first put her in the brooder she totally scared me, she had one wing drooping, then the other, then her head kind of flopped a bit, and then she went to sleep for a few minutes. She seems ok, not scared of my hand, she pecked at my fingers and kept coming towards me when I was taking her picture, I hope the wing droopiness is just her being tired!
This is the one I picked, and I think I'll call her Marzipan
Any guesses on her colour someday? She's bigger than Daisy, and at the top of her beak she's got a longer 'comb,' or where the comb will be I guess. I sure hope she doesn't end up being a roo! And she is way louder too!
They cheep-cheeped the whole way home, much to the worry of my daughter ("Why are the baby chicks crying?!" "I don't want them to cry!"). And they are still cheep-cheeping away! The temperature under the heat lamp is 95 degrees, so I don't think they're cold. They know where the food and water is and I've seen them eat. Maybe they're lonely with just the two of them? Am I doing something wrong, or not doing something and thats why they're so cheep-cheepy? (Man, they are Loud too, lol!)
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