Raising Baby Chick-Along

[WVduckchick]

It is recovering well.

I don't know why My Pet Chicken sells them as Blue Splash Marans - struck me as weird too.

Interesting.

Keep posting pics, we gotta get our baby fixes somehow.

I only have 4 really young ones right now.

 

[Cyneswith]

^The injured chick. Lavender behind

All 8.

 

[Nimueh Alene]

Here is what my Serama Silkie hen (Tribble) and my OEG bantam rooster (Hastings)

hatched out yesterday. 100% hatch rate her first attempt. Caught my rooster setting on 3 of the eggs 4 days ago during a cold snap.. Never heard of let alone seen that before.

 

[Cyneswith]

@Chichero - they are gorgeous!

My lavender Orpington has caught up to the others in size. I may have to take her down a peg unless she mellows a bit - she's got a rooster's personality already.

 

[orrpeople]

Hello all! Glad to see all the beautiful chicks!! We, too, had a great hatch of our replacement flock (as most of you know by now, rare breeds are far more susceptible to illness than the more "heritage" breeds, so we lost half our Cream Legbars). The good news was that we got three darling CL pullets and seven...(seven!) cockerels! !
Here's one of the little guys:

We also got a single splash Silverudd's Blue (and 6 blues!)

20 in all, although we lost one that, from the get-go seemed to be weaker than the rest.
All in all, I'm super happy about these littles...even vaccinated them all by myself!!
And, BTW. ..has anyone heard from @Jessimom ? Wondering if those awful California wildfires have impacted her?

 

[Jessimom]

Hello all! Glad to see all the beautiful chicks!! We, too, had a great hatch of our replacement flock (as most of you know by now, rare breeds are far more susceptible to illness than the more "heritage" breeds, so we lost half our Cream Legbars). The good news was that we got three darling CL pullets and seven...(seven!) cockerels! !
Here's one of the little guys:
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We also got a single splash Silverudd's Blue (and 6 blues!)
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20 in all, although we lost one that, from the get-go seemed to be weaker than the rest.
All in all, I'm super happy about these littles...even vaccinated them all by myself!!
And, BTW. ..has anyone heard from @Jessimom ? Wondering if those awful California wildfires have impacted her?

ADORABLE little chicks everyone!!

I'm not impacted by any of the fires, other than watching them burn in the distance, breathing the smoke and everything covered in ash. But the damage is catastrophic in Ventura. The news reports haven't come close to reporting the carnage. The hills were burning so hot, with 70 mph gusts of wind, nothing was or IS stopping it. It burned right through town. I'm an hour south of that fire, and it's burning northward along the coast, as well as continuing along inland. At night, we can see the flames on the mountain. During the day, it's just smoky. The smaller fire to our northeast is the one that can cause us pain, but so far the fire crews are keeping it at bay. I am very curious to how these fires started - at this point they are being investigated.

 

[rjohns39]

Stay safe

 

[WVduckchick]

ADORABLE little chicks everyone!!

I'm not impacted by any of the fires, other than watching them burn in the distance, breathing the smoke and everything covered in ash. But the damage is catastrophic in Ventura. The news reports haven't come close to reporting the carnage. The hills were burning so hot, with 70 mph gusts of wind, nothing was or IS stopping it. It burned right through town. I'm an hour south of that fire, and it's burning northward along the coast, as well as continuing along inland. At night, we can see the flames on the mountain. During the day, it's just smoky. The smaller fire to our northeast is the one that can cause us pain, but so far the fire crews are keeping it at bay. I am very curious to how these fires started - at this point they are being investigated.

Oh dear.

 

[orrpeople]

ADORABLE little chicks everyone!!

I'm not impacted by any of the fires, other than watching them burn in the distance, breathing the smoke and everything covered in ash. But the damage is catastrophic in Ventura. The news reports haven't come close to reporting the carnage. The hills were burning so hot, with 70 mph gusts of wind, nothing was or IS stopping it. It burned right through town. I'm an hour south of that fire, and it's burning northward along the coast, as well as continuing along inland. At night, we can see the flames on the mountain. During the day, it's just smoky. The smaller fire to our northeast is the one that can cause us pain, but so far the fire crews are keeping it at bay. I am very curious to how these fires started - at this point they are being investigated.

Wow... we are no strangers to wildland fires here and every single time one burns nearby, it is frightening. The haunting glow if the hills is just eerie!
I'm glad you are safe, and will pray the winds calm down very soon!

 

[calichicken]

Hi All!!!

It's been a while but how fun to pop on and see all the adorable fluffy babies got past ny oldest sons wedding...officially on Christmas break from teaching...so now it's BYC time before the holiday craziness starts! My Fiona crossed over to the dark side and went broody againit's been freezing temps here.....crazy girl!!! This is no time for babies!!!!!

That face says leave me alone...im busy brooding my invisible babiesmust be exhausting!!!