Raising Baby Chick-Along

[igorsMistress]

I've let the littles out into the chicken yard because the girls are done laying eggs for today. It's warm out there so they're hiding in the shade. I go out to check on them from time to time.

 

[CapricornFarm]

My babies are learning to perch!

 

[igorsMistress]

Went out to close the coop and the chicks have learned to go into their enclosed area at night without being put there.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I wish my guineas would do that reliably. If they get on the wrong side of the run they don't know what to do and i have to round them up. Stupidest birds i have ever had.

 

[WVduckchick]

My youngest serama babies learned the ladder so quickly this time! It's so cute to see them progress. Roosting and going in on their own, our kids are growing up!!

 

[igorsMistress]

My youngest serama babies learned the ladder so quickly this time! It's so cute to see them progress. Roosting and going in on their own, our kids are growing up!!

I have tissues if anyone else needs them

 

[igorsMistress]

Anyone giving their littles treats? I gave the chicks the end of a pumpkin yesterday and a piece of watermelon today and they gobbled them up. I also gave them a little piece of dried out french bread one day. They pecked out all the innards and left the crust. They love mustard greens, dill, thyme, parsley and broccoli.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I have been giving left overs to the guineas but i am going to start letting the little ones share in the weeds i pull. I need to add another feeder, they are getting big fast!

 

[AUChickenGal]

Speaking of growing up quickly...Guess who I caught investigating the nest boxes and even singing a little abbreviated egg song this morning? Reba! (Picture isn't great due to lighting, but she's the RIR.) She'll be 16 weeks old on Monday! Seems a little young, but she has started showing some pretty rapid comb and wattle development, and I know the production reds tend to be fairly precocious.

 

[rjohns39]

My youngest moved to pasture today, brooder is officially closed til spring.