On Monday I was bored in the middle of the night so I ordered chickens. One was shipped from Illinois and arrived Wednesday; she is a Jubilee Orpington est. 10 weeks old:
Prudence checking out her new friend:
I went to a local farm to pick up the other two chicks this afternoon. They are a Buff Orpington and an Australorp est. 5 weeks:
At first Miss Jubilee (that’s what we call her till we find a good name for her) did not care for the newcomers; she pecked them roundly several times. Her bad temper, though, was mostly caused by the fact she was out of food. By the end of the day she had become quite at home with them. When it became dark I lifted them all up onto the perch. The little ones sat cheeping for a minute and then attempted to cuddle under Miss Jubilee’s wings. This greatly surprised that good pullet, who is still a baby herself, and she nearly fell off the perch. Since they persisted in adopting her for their surrogate mother, I put all of them in the nesting box where they cuddled up together happily.
I went to a local farm to pick up the other two chicks this afternoon. They are a Buff Orpington and an Australorp est. 5 weeks:
At first Miss Jubilee (that’s what we call her till we find a good name for her) did not care for the newcomers; she pecked them roundly several times. Her bad temper, though, was mostly caused by the fact she was out of food. By the end of the day she had become quite at home with them. When it became dark I lifted them all up onto the perch. The little ones sat cheeping for a minute and then attempted to cuddle under Miss Jubilee’s wings. This greatly surprised that good pullet, who is still a baby herself, and she nearly fell off the perch. Since they persisted in adopting her for their surrogate mother, I put all of them in the nesting box where they cuddled up together happily.
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