New member with Buff Orp Chicks

[C & A s Dad]

We are now about 4 weeks into our Buff Orp chicks and they are getting more beautiful by the day. We will be moving them from our house to their house pretty soon.

I could not find any locally so we ordered them from My Pet Chicken and they are healthy, active and very pretty.

Thia gives us 4 chicks and one hen about 4 months old.

The hen was a roadside rescue from a truck hauling them to the production plant. I rescued a rooster and a hen but the roo died about 3 weeks ago. They were apprx 5 weeks old when we got them and they both weighed nearly 5 pounds. The roo simply outgrew his heart and I bet he weighed nearly 10 pounds when he died.

There is something just not right about producing any animal to grow at that rate.

 

[mmajw]

Good luck with your babies. We always love pics on here.

 

[BearSwampChick]

Hello

and

You'll love being a chicken farmer and being here at BYC! It's very addictive.

 

[Chicken_Lover4567]

Good luck with your chicks and

-byc ! Yes, I agree. Us BYCer's love pictures.....

 

[C & A s Dad]

Am I correct, the only way to post pics is from a website like snapfish or photobucket?

 

[BearSwampChick]

There's also an Uploads feature at the top of the forum page that you can use to post a limited number of pics. It's really quick and pretty simple to use. It has to be simple for me to figure it out!

 

[C & A s Dad]

Ok, I will try it.

These are some pics of my chicks Buff Orps about 2 days after we got them. My Wife has a good digital camera and loves taking pics like this.

Not working, I will try again later.

I have never been known for my tech skills.

First day at the post office.

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2 days after we received them.

 

[BearSwampChick]

Cute kids! And it seems to be working now!

 

[Yanna]

Congratulations on the feathered additions to your family! What a wonderful experience for your children, having a hen who was saved from the processing plant.

BYC is a terrific place - there's a lot of wisdom here. Welcome aboard from a fellow newbie!

 

[C & A s Dad]

We put the chicks in the run and hen house today for a little while to test the hens reaction. She did ok but went after them a couple of times. It seems she was saying, this is my house, get out.

I will have to wait another week or two before I can put them in there on their own.

I plan to post some pics of my run and hen house tomorrow. It has been a long labor of love getting it complete.