Redinator's First Hatch-Along w Bonus Broody: Extended Edition

[redinator]

Well Sweety got tired of waiting for me to make a move so:

and:

 

[ChickenChick46]

Well Sweety got tired of waiting for me to make a move so:

and:

The little stretches in the first clip! Everyone looks like they're doing great!

 

[TwoCrows]

Well Sweety got tired of waiting for me to make a move so:

and:

Super adorbs!!

 

[redinator]

The little stretches in the first clip! Everyone looks like they're doing great!

I almost missed them when I walked outside. I saw Sweety and headed for the nestbox thinking she left behind. She's doing so great for a first time mom. Just when I think I can't love her more, she does something absolutely wonderful. I even picked up the chicks without her fussing about it. She looked at the chick in my hand, looked me in the eyes, cooed and went back to foraging. I could squish her

 

[ChickenChick46]

I almost missed them when I walked outside. I saw Sweety and headed for the nestbox thinking she left behind. She's doing so great for a first time mom. Just when I think I can't love her more, she does something absolutely wonderful. I even picked up the chicks without her fussing about it. She looked at the chick in my hand, looked me in the eyes, cooed and went back to foraging. I could squish her

She fully trusts you with her babies which means you're doing everything right with her.

 

[redinator]

She fully trusts you with her babies which means you're doing everything right with her.

She's such a special girl. I've treated all the chickens the same way and she is the only one that behaves this way. I know when the reds go broody, if they do, I'll need full tactical gear, lol.

 

[ChickenChick46]

She's such a special girl. I've treated all the chickens the same way and she is the only one that behaves this way. I know when the reds go broody, if they do, I'll need full tactical gear, lol.

My neighbor just dropped off some eggs for my family. She was telling me that she's been moving her RIRs and BRs this morning from their brooder area into the bigger grow out pen. She said the RIRs latched onto her arm and hung there as she raised her arm up when she reached in to grab them. They're mostly cockerels, though, lol.

 

[redinator]

My neighbor just dropped off some eggs for my family. She was telling me that she's been moving her RIRs and BRs this morning from their brooder area into the bigger grow out pen. She said the RIRs latched onto her arm and hung there as she raised her arm up when she reached in to grab them. They're mostly cockerels, though, lol.

The boys are horrible. I had other chickens peck at me but never grab and bite. When I got the reds I got a straight run batch, 10 males 6 pullets. One latched onto my finger and wouldn't let go. I had to smack him to get him to turn loose. I was not sad to see them go, and I'm pretty sure they became stew.

 

[redinator]

Fresh sand, soil and pelleted bedding has been laid in the newly dubbed 'broody run'. To say this run has been neglected while I was incubating and playing chicks would be an understatement, but now it's back to being clean and refreshed for the new babies.

 

[ChickenChick46]

The boys are horrible. I had other chickens peck at me but never grab and bite. When I got the reds I got a straight run batch, 10 males 6 pullets. One latched onto my finger and wouldn't let go. I had to smack him to get him to turn loose. I was not sad to see them go, and I'm pretty sure they became stew.

I don't think I've ever really heard anything great about the males. I'm sure there are some exceptions to the rule, as always. But I'll be avoiding them, lol.