Hermits Garden
Vintage American Featherless Biped
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I have wanted chickens for almost ten years, and have studied them--all the breeds, how to raise them, etc.--for at least seven. But reading and forum research is NOTHING compared to just having them and learning from the chickens themselves! Yes, this is a 'duh!' statement, but wow. For a rank noobie, it's quite an education.
Not down-playing research. I figure if we bring a live animal of any kind into our home, we owe it the time and dedication to learn about it and what it needs to thrive. But all the things I've read don't do justice to what these little peeps teach me every day.
My chicks are about one & a half weeks old today, and pinging around their 8 x 10 coop like pinballs. So far, they dust bathe, chase bugs, and today they started chest bumping. I can spend hours just watching them.
Several of them have decided I'm essentially harmless (and the bringer of twice daily wet mash). As soon as I sit on my stool in the coop, these tiny brave souls rush to my feet, waiting to catch an elevator ride on my outstretched hand. One Delaware girl (I call her Indy, after Indiana Jones) has developed a game; ride the hand-evator up, peck at the shiny fingernails, then fly down into all her sisters--like chick bowling--from at least three feet up! Then she runs back to my feet to do it again. She'll do it four or five times before she gets tired.
Enough blathering. Just want to thank the BYC community for all the education and support, and I hope once I'm more experienced at this, I can help other noobs like me. Cheers, y'all.
Not down-playing research. I figure if we bring a live animal of any kind into our home, we owe it the time and dedication to learn about it and what it needs to thrive. But all the things I've read don't do justice to what these little peeps teach me every day.
My chicks are about one & a half weeks old today, and pinging around their 8 x 10 coop like pinballs. So far, they dust bathe, chase bugs, and today they started chest bumping. I can spend hours just watching them.
Several of them have decided I'm essentially harmless (and the bringer of twice daily wet mash). As soon as I sit on my stool in the coop, these tiny brave souls rush to my feet, waiting to catch an elevator ride on my outstretched hand. One Delaware girl (I call her Indy, after Indiana Jones) has developed a game; ride the hand-evator up, peck at the shiny fingernails, then fly down into all her sisters--like chick bowling--from at least three feet up! Then she runs back to my feet to do it again. She'll do it four or five times before she gets tired.
Enough blathering. Just want to thank the BYC community for all the education and support, and I hope once I'm more experienced at this, I can help other noobs like me. Cheers, y'all.
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I love the duckling in your profile pic.
