Ribh's D'Coopage

[Louwin]

The individual pics aren't great as the girls were understandably nervouse.
Japanese bantam

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Frizzle
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Frizzle

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Japanese bantam

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Gold laced Wyandotte
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silver laced Wyandotte frizzle
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Vorwerk 1
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Vorwerk 2
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I love these new arrivals!! So excited to see your new additions. I will be reading about the Vorwerks. I have not heard of them but they do look pretty. You will be so great with the younger chicks. So much fun ahead

 

[Louwin]

Names are proving enigmatic.
This little girl is definitely Titania.
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Her sister is insisting she's Olive/Olivia...​

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The Vorwerks are taken care of.
This little one is Ceres.

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Beatrice.
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Portia, I think...
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And Desdemona ~ Dessi for short.
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Names are lovely. Thanks for sharing such beautiful photos.

 

[Ribh]

I love these new arrivals!! So excited to see your new additions. I will be reading about the Vorwerks. I have not heard of them but they do look pretty. You will be so great with the younger chicks. So much fun ahead

Thank you @Louwin. Despite having had chickens for years I have never done them so young before. The responsibility weighs on me...

 

[Louwin]

Maleficent and Aurora
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Daisy, the greatest hen ever, with Elphie for a size comparison.
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I love them at this age.

I so love them at this age too. These are great photos

 

[Louwin]

Well. I am grumpy this evening - brutal week at work.
I typed the above entry and thought grumpily "time they produced an egg"... ... ... Then I grumpily bundled up to go out to close the Princesses up for the night and set the mouse-traps and cameras ... ... ... ... And I grumpily stomped through the rain ... .... .... ... And I grumpily picked my way through the mud to get to the Chicken Palace ... ... ... ... ... And I grumpily checked the egg boxes ... ... ..... And ... ... ... ...
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NOT GRUMPY ANYMORE!!!
My first teeny tiny blue gift from one of the Little Princesses.

Yay!! So exciting. Congrats on the first egg. Love the way you wrote it!! So great how they just seem to know the best timing sometimes!! Enjoy.

 

[Louwin]

Yep. They just seem so terribly fragile.

I had a Pekin Bantam hatch last night. Our power went out today so i walked around with herin my pocket with a pocket warmer all morning. I thought i would squish her but she loved it and didnt want to come out. I think sometimes they are tougher than they look!!

 

[Ribh]

I had a Pekin Bantam hatch last night. Our power went out today so i walked around with herin my pocket with a pocket warmer all morning. I thought i would squish her but she loved it and didnt want to come out. I think sometimes they are tougher than they look!!

Wow that's amazing!

 

[Louwin]

I dare say some people will howl in protest at this, but you shouldn't handle young chicks. You can let them walk onto an outstreched palm if they wil, but that's about it. I don't handle the chicks here unless it's absolutley necessary.

I also did not know this. Thanks for sharing Shad. Can i do harm without knowing it?

 

[Louwin]

Just saw the why!! Thanks Shad. I am a little behind.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I had a Pekin Bantam hatch last night. Our power went out today so i walked around with herin my pocket with a pocket warmer all morning. I thought i would squish her but she loved it and didnt want to come out. I think sometimes they are tougher than they look!!

My hairdresser said that she raised chicks once and carried them around in her bra! I don't think she meant actually stuffed in her bra, just sort of between her boobs and her shirt.

Well, you get the picture...