UPDATED PIC HEAVY ** They are here at last!! My new chicks!

[SaltyMomma]

Awww! SO SWEET!! I've got 8 coming from MPC in May... wonder if I'll get 9 too.

 

[LeghornLisa]

Love them!!! Your son did a great job with the names!!!

 

[humm-n-cluck ranch]

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I had mine in and out of the cart for a month before i decided to let my son just pick and click to order lol

And the pictures of Widget don't even do her cuteness justice lol she is SO round

I will try to post more pics as they grow i cant believe how fast it goes, i cant wait to see how each of them matures

We sit on the couch and watch the chicks for hours lol

 

[Serrin]

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Chicken TV: Always better than regular television, no matter what's playing!

And never any commercials!

 

[humm-n-cluck ranch]

Just updated pics! I am so in love with these girls!!

and still hoping really hard they are all girls

 

[Serrin]

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I hope so too Heather, for your sake!

But you know, one really does eventually need a rooster! Just to keep pesky overly inquisitive cats at bay if for no other reason. And if you want more of these cute little fuzzy butts in the future, nothing beats incubating your own eggs, either with an incubator or a broody hen. I waited nearly 4 years to get my first roo...now I have one adult that was given to us (the love of my life!

) and eight more little boys in the brooder!! Never fails! Just my luck! From drought to deluge, famine to feast!

They're all looking terrific Heather! Keep up the good work! I fully expect to see pictures of pullet eggs in another six months, give or take!

 

[humm-n-cluck ranch]

lol that is what my friend allison says, " but you know you do NEED to eventually have a roo" , lol, well i think i could do without the noise of a roo for now lol, i will cuddle her beautiful blue roo whenever i need a fix lol

 

[ktkoenig6]

awww! they are all so adorable! btw, i happen to quite love the awkward dino stage.

widget is indeed beautiful. she has such a unique little face! kinda like an owl. have fun with them!

 

[Serrin]

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OK, now you've gone and done it Heather!! Ya just had to make me pull out my soap box! Didn't ya! Ya just had to do it!!

In defense of all roo's everywhere: They're not all that noisy. Well, OK, so there are some exceptions to that statement, and those are the ones who give the rest of the great roo's out there a bad wrap! (The "long crowing" breeds pop to mind most readily) But for the most part, most roosters are quiet for the vast majority of the day.

Griffin, for instance, will give about 3 hollers first thing in the morning and then that's pretty much it for the day. Unless, of course, you count the number of times that the DH goes over to the chicken yard and provokes Griffin into a crowing contest with him!

Otherwise, Griff doesn't give a peep of noise unless there's just cause to do so. (i.e. warning about the hawk overhead, the dog trotting down the road, the snake that just slithered by in the tall grass) He's a good and quiet boy. And he is by no means the exception to the rule. Most roo's are this way!

So, if you did get a roo by accident in that little flock of yours, count your blessings! When the time comes, you'll be so happy that you have him. If there's not a boy in the bunch, I have eight that you can take the pick of and I promise you, any one of them would be a great little man for your ladies! They're sweet and loving and I insist on daily cuddles with them, so you know they're well socialized!

OK, I'll get down off of my soap box now with apologies for hijacking your thread!

 

[humm-n-cluck ranch]

oh man, lashing accepted lol

I will keep you posted on the progress of my little flock with or with out roos lol