You all know you wanna see my babies...

ChickenCrazy4ever

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So I'm going to be so gracious as to fulfill your wishes. (There's a possibility I messed up while uploading the pictures and if I did, I'm sorry for disappointing all of you cause you must be dying to see my lil girls.)
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However, before I actually show you the pictures there are a couple things I want to tell you about them first. We ordered 12 barred rock pullets and we are realizing that one (Epic) is a cockerel. Pipsqueak already has a boyfriend. (Sorry guys, you're out of luck.) There's probably more I'm forgetting but I'm done rambling about them for now.

This is a view of the brooder. The hatchery sent 13 males ( Most likely buff orphingtons or leghorns) to us along with the females we ordered. Eventually we gave the males to a feed store.
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Here's one of our males that we no longer have.
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Annnd here's Luna, the first one we named.
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We made a roost for them which they often sit on...
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and sleep on.
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Should the roost be full, you can always sleep on the floor.
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Here are 3 fluffy-butts hanging out by the feeder.
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Hehe I woke somebody up with my flash.
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This is a curious chick checking out my camera when we took them outside for the first time. They had a blast eating the compost and grass.
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Pisqueak (in front) and another chick in the yard.
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This is Pipsqueak... again.
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And again. Because she's my favorite,
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I spoil her and take LOTS of pictures of her.
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This is Fluffet, my best friend's baby. Even though Fluffet lives at my house and I care for her more than anyone else, it has to be my best friend's baby right?
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This is some of my chicks by the compost pile. The one that wouldn't stand still and has a blurred head, of course, is my rooster.
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My chicks have grown more since the pictures were taken but these are the only ones I currently have on the computer sooo that's all you will see of my chickies... for now.
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P.S. It took me forever to make this post, and now I'm exhausted
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so you better enjoy it.
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I am trying to get my hands on some local buff orpingtons and americaunas. I am trying to avoid ordering from a hatchery because I just can't handle their minimum order numbers.
 
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The only way I was able to get Orpingtons was to get eggs and hatch them. There is someone who sometimes sells them around here but I guess they're not popular because it's hot here and they are supposed to do better in cooler climates. Mine do get pretty hot but I have a fan in the coop, plenty of shade and a couple ponds in my back yard plus 2 or 3 water dishes around that I keep filled.t
 
Love the chicks.
Also love your feeder and waterer. How was the waterer made?
 
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We made the waterer by drilling a whole in the bottom corner of an empty apple juice container. (Always keep the lid screwed tightly on or the water will overflow) For the actual dish, my dad used a razor-blade to cut the bottom off an old container.

The chicks ended up climbing in it so we cut a hole in the brooder box and put the waterer up against the brooder by the hole so that the chicks can only get their heads in it.
 

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