The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

Geez, no notifications of any of the last page of posts here. No alerts when I got here, either. I doubt I'll ever had another dog. Tom does not want one. I said that it would have to just show up and be chicken-friendly like the cat did/is. Then, I can say it was not my decision, that it wanted to live here.
 
Babies got to go outside in the temp pen today.

3 weeks old

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Dominique Cockerel
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@oldhenlikesdogs
Here are the laced orp babies.

Yellow Band. I LOVE the coloring on this baby as a chick.

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Blue Band

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Red Band

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They did. It was quite a feat catching them to get them out there, though.
I use a small fishing net to herd mine into a 5 gallon bucket, than I carry them in the bucket back and forth. I leave the bucket on it's side in case they want to sit in it to warm up. Probably not necessary now, but earlier in the year a bucket heats up in the sun like a solar powered brooder they use if necessary.
 
That's a good idea!

I caught each one individually then put them into a rubbermaid type tub that has an attached overlapping flap-type lid. Perhaps I could herd them in there rather than catch individually... I'll have to think about the logistics of that for a bit.
I'm also not too concerned about them thinking I'm king Kong. I don't over handle my chicks, so maybe catching is more friendly than my herding. Mine always end up fine with me as adults.
 

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