- Mar 8, 2014
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I'm Robert, and as stated in the title, I'm the new guy from Las Vegas. I'm a middle school social studies teacher, geek and general animal lover.
My chicks are a little over four weeks old, growing like, well, chicks I imagine. I've had them for two weeks. A friend and coworker incubated the eggs she got from a family friend with her classroom of middle school students with Autism. I had only planned on taking five or six, but have ten right now. The roosters will eventually go back to the person who donated the eggs. Not sure what breeds (barnyard mix) they are, or anything like that. Just looking to have friendly pets that also lay eggs and make fertilizer.
My coop is framed, waiting until payday to buy the rest of the materials--siding, hardware, and rest of the lumber for the frame of the run/enclosure--they must be contained in Clark County (I'm actually in unincorporated Clark County). But figured I should stop lurking and join. Working on the feeder and waterer for them this weekend (need to order nipples with the Amazon gift card a friend gave me). The rest will be as repurposed as possible (have leftover PVC pipe and fittings from a sprinkler repair and five gallon buckets already).
Right now they are brooding in the bottom of an extra large dog kennel/crate with pine shavings as bedding and a branch for a perch. The small feeder and waterer are on wood blocks to get them up out of the litter. All except the largest (and one of the suspected roosters) will allow me to pet them and pick them up. Two of them actually run to my hand and jump on when ever I reach into the kennel. The rest (minus the one) come over and peck/get petted/get picked up.
This is one of the jumpers, her name is Jenny.
This is Bert, our (we're reasonably sure) rooster. Bert and Jenny (and the not pictured Stevie) are black with silver/white spots (Rocks???)
Cleo, with one of our as yet unnamed black chicks (there are three of them, they have gray legs and a little white on their necks/chests), and the blond one Marilyn.
This is Goldie. She's the other one that runs over and jumps up on my arm/into my hand. Before her feathers started coming in, she was the same color as her head. Of the three tan/golden colored chicks, she was in the middle (Cleo was the darkest and Fawn was the lightest)
Marilyn with Fawn behind looking over. Fawn is the only other one that is developing a distinctive comb. Like the other two tan ones, she was solid colored, the same as her head. Not sure if she is a he (rooster) yet or not. As mentioned, the comb is more pronounced than the others, but she doesn't have the red under her head. Bert (we were calling her Bertha) has two red--um, growths (? what are they called?) under his head/on his neck)
My chicks are a little over four weeks old, growing like, well, chicks I imagine. I've had them for two weeks. A friend and coworker incubated the eggs she got from a family friend with her classroom of middle school students with Autism. I had only planned on taking five or six, but have ten right now. The roosters will eventually go back to the person who donated the eggs. Not sure what breeds (barnyard mix) they are, or anything like that. Just looking to have friendly pets that also lay eggs and make fertilizer.
My coop is framed, waiting until payday to buy the rest of the materials--siding, hardware, and rest of the lumber for the frame of the run/enclosure--they must be contained in Clark County (I'm actually in unincorporated Clark County). But figured I should stop lurking and join. Working on the feeder and waterer for them this weekend (need to order nipples with the Amazon gift card a friend gave me). The rest will be as repurposed as possible (have leftover PVC pipe and fittings from a sprinkler repair and five gallon buckets already).
Right now they are brooding in the bottom of an extra large dog kennel/crate with pine shavings as bedding and a branch for a perch. The small feeder and waterer are on wood blocks to get them up out of the litter. All except the largest (and one of the suspected roosters) will allow me to pet them and pick them up. Two of them actually run to my hand and jump on when ever I reach into the kennel. The rest (minus the one) come over and peck/get petted/get picked up.
This is one of the jumpers, her name is Jenny.
This is Bert, our (we're reasonably sure) rooster. Bert and Jenny (and the not pictured Stevie) are black with silver/white spots (Rocks???)
Cleo, with one of our as yet unnamed black chicks (there are three of them, they have gray legs and a little white on their necks/chests), and the blond one Marilyn.
This is Goldie. She's the other one that runs over and jumps up on my arm/into my hand. Before her feathers started coming in, she was the same color as her head. Of the three tan/golden colored chicks, she was in the middle (Cleo was the darkest and Fawn was the lightest)
Marilyn with Fawn behind looking over. Fawn is the only other one that is developing a distinctive comb. Like the other two tan ones, she was solid colored, the same as her head. Not sure if she is a he (rooster) yet or not. As mentioned, the comb is more pronounced than the others, but she doesn't have the red under her head. Bert (we were calling her Bertha) has two red--um, growths (? what are they called?) under his head/on his neck)
and Welcome To BYC! What nice chicks, you could post pictures of them on the What Breed Or Gender Is This forum for help with breeds and sexes ... 
