The baby chicks are crazy!

[BeccaSmith]

I just wanted to say I can't believe how quickly chicks grow! We got ours a day old, 4 SLW on April 5th and 4 Barred Rocks on April 11th. I can't believe how fast they are growing! And now they are at the age where I just think they are little terds! They are just going wild and trying to fly out of their brooder! Good thing we have a wire top on the brooder! Silly little chicks!

 

[miraclz5]

Yes, They do grow super fast...but watching the smiles and laughter from my four young children (ages 3, 6, 9 and 11) makes it all worth! We are having a blast watching them gro and their little personalities emerge! So much fun!!

 

[minichic]

Ah, yes.... chicken zoomies! Super cute, huh?

 

[AuntieE]

We've been having a great time with ours, too. We have 5 week olds now. Everybody says how fast they grow, but I really didn't get it until we got them!

My four kids just adore them!

 

[miraclz5]

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Another mother of 4....I am not the only one! People say to me so often "Wow, you have your hands full!" I love every (well almost, LOL) minute of it!!! I have 2 and 2....my girls are 9 and 11 and my boys are 6 and 3. Enjoy your kiddos and your chicks!!!

 

[PeepsBMobbin]

Ha! I have 5 week old chicks too, and they are just now getting to where if I sit on a chair in the run they come over to me and hop into my lap! I have 5 boys from 4-10yo and they are LOVING this. We throw them scraps and watch them play chickie football.

 

[LaurasLorps]

Oh goodness! my chicks are still at the cute sleep and peep stage (just 4 days old). What age do they usually start trying to fly out of the brooder. I don't have a top on mine yet and I am wondering when I need to put one one on.

 

[Mommysongbird]

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Another mother of 4....I am not the only one! People say to me so often "Wow, you have your hands full!" I love every (well almost, LOL) minute of it!!! I have 2 and 2....my girls are 9 and 11 and my boys are 6 and 3. Enjoy your kiddos and your chicks!!!

I am a mom of 4 also, only mine are 24, 23 (in heaven), 21 and 9. So I only have the 9yro at home now. This was his science experiment (we homeschool) and he has been wanting to do this for a few years now, so have I. It has been a great experiment.

 

[AuntieE]

Another mother of 4....I am not the only one! People say to me so often "Wow, you have your hands full!" I love every (well almost, LOL) minute of it!!! I have 2 and 2....my girls are 9 and 11 and my boys are 6 and 3. Enjoy your kiddos and your chicks!!

I usually love it too.

I get the same comment from people- especially when I have all 4 with me running errands. It looks like I have a whole flock following along I have 3 boys and 1 girl- they're 6,5,4,& 3.​

 

[GiddyMoon]

I have 4 kids - 3 teens still home - on the Autism spectrum...when we made the move from CA to here, then after 9mths in a vacation rental bringing NO furniture with us...I asked them, do you want beds, or do you want chickens...they all said chickens

So I now have 3 homeschooled teens..waiting soo patiently for our 25 chicks to arrive. I also texted my SIL and said..this is when they will be here, if the girls want to come see them as chicks, you better come for dinner that week! When I showed my 13 year old a picture of a chicken and asked him how old he thought the chicken was...he said "years"..and the chicken was 8 weeks old! We are so excited!