Chicks second day home,



This is Barbie, isn't she just too cute. She is very sweet and doesn't mind being held in my hand and being petted.

this is Nicki, she and Calli had these poop balls stuck to their little toes. So I tried vaseline to soften them up, no luck, then I tried soap water, that didn't help much either. So I held on to each little toe while I carefully pulled off these poop balls.

the two Buckeyes, I hope that's what they really are, are also very tame, on the left is Bruna, the other one is Foxi.

Calli one of the California Whites in the foreground

Calli again with her dark spots visible on the back

Bruna, she loves to pick up a piece of hay and then she runs around and round peeping like she has something special, and the other chicks are chasing her

Bruna on the right and to the left looks like Calli

Foxi

Bruna in the back and Foxi in the front

This year I put some hay in right away and the chicks love it. They scratch around, pull it around and they love to sit in it for sleeping. I think it's better for their feet if they have a more textured flooring. My first group of chickens I raised for several weeks on paper towels and they seem to have outside toes that are turned sideways and flat. I haven't seen that with the chickens I raised last year on hay and towels and having branches to sit on from a very early age.

group picture

I have to look up pictures of Buckey chickens, I didn't think they would have white in their wings, I thought they were an all brown bird.

If anybody sees this picture and can tell me wether or not this is a Buckeye chick I would appreciate it to hear about it.

Barbie again

Bruna in the back and Foxi in the front

New Baby Chicks have moved in,

it wouldn't be spring without baby chicks peeping, so here are the newest family members,



This is Barbie, she is a mystery chick. She came in the same box as the Buckeye chickens below and the guy at the feedstore was trying to tell me she is a Buckeye. Well, I don't believe it. I bought Foxi and Bruna yesterday, today I went back to get Barbie. I think she is probably a Delaware and somehow ended up in the wrong box. Let's hope Barbie doesn't turn out to be a rooster.

Above and below is Bruna, she and Foxi are Buckeye chickens, they are supposed to have a rich, reddish brown color as adults and lay brown eggs. They hatched only 5 days ago on March 8. Bruna's face has a lot more yellow to it than Foxi.

This is Foxi, she has more red in her face, but the reason I call her Foxi is because she is so feisty. I picked her out of a batch of about 50 little chicks, something about her caught my eye. We will see, she is all over the place in their brooder, and today I saw her "killing" a piece of hay like an expert, she sure tore it into small pieces, she will sit nicely in my hand, but didn't cooperate with the photo business, so I only have a headshot

Above and below is Nicki, she has a black spot just below the neck. Nicki and Calli are California White chickens, they will be white with some black spots, they lay white eggs when they get old enough. These two are already over a week old.

Above and below, this is Calli, (for California girl), she has a black spot mid back