Basghettiii
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- Oct 6, 2023
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Hello! Some of you may have seen these guys already, but I feel the need to share them wherever I can. They are just too cute not to!
First, we have our first four babies. They were so little! The first pictures were about 5-6 months ago, when our laying hens were tiny. We got them when they were only two days old! We were a little bit worried that Scuttle, one of our golden comets, wouldn’t survive. She was always so much smaller than the others- she still fit in the palm of my hand at about a week old! (She’s the little girl that I am holding in my hand it that one picture.) Now, she is six months old, and doing great! She’s still a bit small compared to the others, but not so much so that she can’t hold her own. She lays the largest eggs of all of them, and about half of her eggs have been double yolkers so far! She had a rough start, but she’s doing amazing! Super food motivated. (In the pictures of the older ones, she is the red with more white lacing on her tail.) Zazu is very inquisitive- she is the black hen. She has discovered that she can see me through the front window, and constantly stares at me through it, as seen in the picture. Hei Hei is our big girl- thought she was a rooster for a while! She was always brighter than the others, and has always been the queen of the coop. And then there’s nugget, the other golden. She’s just sweet, there isn’t really much else to say about her. She loves pets, and enjoys eating food from my hand.
All of the big girls are great layers! I get three-four medium-large eggs every day, which is very much enough for my small family. They are all spoiled rotten, and we joke that it’s the reason that they lay so well.
Next, we have the little ones! They are only about 4-5 weeks old, and just moved outside for their first day today!
We had a bit of a rough time with these babies. We originally started out with three, named Peanut, Butter, and Jelly. It was perfect! Three more babies, with perfect names! Then, we unfortunately lost Butter. She was extremely small, and very weak, and we unfortunately lost her to choke. Her little body just couldn’t handle it. So, Peanut was named Peanutbutter in her honor, and because we didn’t want to risk having one lonely chicken if something happened to one, my dad set out to get two more, seeing that four seemed to be our lucky number. But, there were three breeds at the country store… so what was his solution? One of each! And thus, Bisuit, Toast, and Rolo were welcomed into the family. Rolo did originally fit the spreads theme, named Nutella, but we decided that she looked like a rolo! She’s a gold laced Wyandotte, so anyone could see why. I thought the name Rolo was cute, and it stuck. They all lived in a bin for a few weeks, and now they are moving outside! We are waiting to formally introduce them to our big girls, because they are still too small to defend themselves against them if they cause problems.
I hope you guys love my girls as much as I do!
First, we have our first four babies. They were so little! The first pictures were about 5-6 months ago, when our laying hens were tiny. We got them when they were only two days old! We were a little bit worried that Scuttle, one of our golden comets, wouldn’t survive. She was always so much smaller than the others- she still fit in the palm of my hand at about a week old! (She’s the little girl that I am holding in my hand it that one picture.) Now, she is six months old, and doing great! She’s still a bit small compared to the others, but not so much so that she can’t hold her own. She lays the largest eggs of all of them, and about half of her eggs have been double yolkers so far! She had a rough start, but she’s doing amazing! Super food motivated. (In the pictures of the older ones, she is the red with more white lacing on her tail.) Zazu is very inquisitive- she is the black hen. She has discovered that she can see me through the front window, and constantly stares at me through it, as seen in the picture. Hei Hei is our big girl- thought she was a rooster for a while! She was always brighter than the others, and has always been the queen of the coop. And then there’s nugget, the other golden. She’s just sweet, there isn’t really much else to say about her. She loves pets, and enjoys eating food from my hand.
All of the big girls are great layers! I get three-four medium-large eggs every day, which is very much enough for my small family. They are all spoiled rotten, and we joke that it’s the reason that they lay so well.
Next, we have the little ones! They are only about 4-5 weeks old, and just moved outside for their first day today!
We had a bit of a rough time with these babies. We originally started out with three, named Peanut, Butter, and Jelly. It was perfect! Three more babies, with perfect names! Then, we unfortunately lost Butter. She was extremely small, and very weak, and we unfortunately lost her to choke. Her little body just couldn’t handle it. So, Peanut was named Peanutbutter in her honor, and because we didn’t want to risk having one lonely chicken if something happened to one, my dad set out to get two more, seeing that four seemed to be our lucky number. But, there were three breeds at the country store… so what was his solution? One of each! And thus, Bisuit, Toast, and Rolo were welcomed into the family. Rolo did originally fit the spreads theme, named Nutella, but we decided that she looked like a rolo! She’s a gold laced Wyandotte, so anyone could see why. I thought the name Rolo was cute, and it stuck. They all lived in a bin for a few weeks, and now they are moving outside! We are waiting to formally introduce them to our big girls, because they are still too small to defend themselves against them if they cause problems.
I hope you guys love my girls as much as I do!
