Glad the chicks are all ok. They are SO cuteWell, after all stress, a million visits to the USPS website, emails all over the chicken world and about 54 text messages, I got a call this morning at 6:57 from the Post Office telling me the chicks had arrived. They let me in early to pick them up. All 11 seem healthy and happy. They immediately went to the feeder and waterer and are now doing a chick pile in the brooding box.
Heather's Salmon Faverolle (upper left corner) has kept up non-stop peeping, even while falling asleep in my hand. The hatchery marked them so we could figure out who was who.
The replacement eggs are in the incubator, and Bobby's hard at work on the coop. And it's not even 8:30 yet. Who needs a job?
(It's okay to give them electrolytes in the water, right?)
MPC warned me to be very careful with the electrolytes too much can kill them. So follow directions carefully. My girls are outside in their play pen. Their "rooster" Charlie, my one yr old bichon is guarding them. He LOVES his chicks. The other 2 dogs want to eat them so i have to be careful. Charlie lets them peck his nose, snuggles with them, doesn't steal their food/treats. He's amazing with them.
