Tumbles has a flock of her own

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In the Brooder
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May 26, 2013
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Hi, I found this site because "google" kept suggesting it for chicken information. I love how much information there is all in one place. We are very excited about our chicks. We live in Indiana, we have 4 kids, 6 cats, 1 bunny and now a flock of chickens :)

My BF brought home 1 baby chick the other night & after asking questions here I leaned we shouldn't have just the 1 RIR...that she needed friends. After reading about the breeds we decided to go to the Orshlins & get 4 chicks. One for each of the kids....but we came home with 7 instead. They are doing great, the kids LOVE them!!

We have:
Tumbles our RIR
Lemondrop a Buff Orpington
Matilda a Plymoth Rock
Bemo a black Australorp
Liberty an Americana
and "no name", Fiona & Fudge our 3 Easter Eggers.

We hope to begin our coop this weekend....as soon as I finish going through everyones designs on this site!!

Any advice would be welcomed, we are looking forward to these funny little additions to our lives.

Thanks,
Tumbles
 
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Congratulations on the chicks! I love the names!
 
Thank you!!
The kids each named their own chicks. We let them pick the one they wanted (after I got them at the store. Taking 4 kids to look at 875639 chicks would have been to much!!), I showed them pictures of what the chicks would look like when they grew up & said the EE were surprise chicks bc who know what they'll look like & said there was a "secret" about them. They each picked their chicks & are very excited to watch them grow & eventually to see what their eggs look like (the secret about 4 of the chicks).

Everyone will help plan, design, build the coop and pick our coop "name".

I'm really hoping they all get very interested....I'd like to see some involvement with 4-H down the line :)

I have not been so excited about something since being pregnant!! I am in LOVE with these chicks!!
 
That is fantastic that you are making it into a whole family experience. That is how it should be. Good luck to you and your family on your new chicken adventure.
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Matilda is a Barred rock.

I was reading through the breeds section and wanted chickens that had a tendency to be friendly so my kids could be involved, did well in the cold, and were pretty. All the chicks have been handled & our little RIR, who had time time alone with us wants to sit in our hands. As soon as she sees a hand in the box, she runs over & gently pecks until you let her claim her spot. The Buff Op seems a bit nervous but curious. She watches, plows through (...seriously, she PLOWS through, beak down) the other chicks to get close...but won't hop in the hand yet. The Americana & the Austroloupe (sp) are warming up the quickest.

Tumbles (RIR) runs to the side of the box & pecks as soon as she hears someone come in the room, once she sees you she kind hops hops a bit. LOl...they're all very cute. They all get along great, no one sits alone. They kind of huddle together, on top of each other...or they're in 2 groups. One group where the heat light can hit them, the other group away from the light.
 

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