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baby chicks!

by: RiaD

Fri Apr 29, 2011 at 14:00:00 PM EDT

mrD & the princess got baby chicks yesterday

RiaD :: baby chicks!

right now they are in a 10gal aquarium so the princess can watch them.

we have 4 "yeyo" ones

and 2 black ones

they are starting to get their first feathers
(so we figure they're a week or so old)

like all babies mostly they eat...

& sleep

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baby chicks! | 13 comments

:O) (14.20 / 5)

how beautiful, Ria! I still haven't finished my ambitious coop plan, but I really can't wait to have laying hens as part of our little farm (and with eggs at $3.50 a dozen here, I need to get serious about finishing what I start)

J just looked at your pics - ¡ay, qué pollitos lindos!

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~ Thoreau ... and, do no harm

by: newpioneer @ Fri Apr 29, 2011 at 18:08:30 PM UTC

gracias juan! (15.25 / 4)

i think they're pretty too.
i'm quite tickled with them actually.

we haven't finished our chicken pen either newp so don't feel bad.

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett

by: RiaD @ Fri Apr 29, 2011 at 22:27:10 PM UTC

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Oh.My.God. (13.80 / 5)

The Princess must be happy.

For who could have foretold
That the heart grows old.
W.B. Yeats

by: Xanthe @ Fri Apr 29, 2011 at 18:51:33 PM UTC

she is (^.^) (14.00 / 4)

these are her chickens, ria & papo just keep them for her.

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett

by: RiaD @ Fri Apr 29, 2011 at 22:15:41 PM UTC

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They are gorgeous! (15.20 / 5)

I think having babies of any sort around always pep up a day.

Is the Princess giving them names?

by: Alma @ Fri Apr 29, 2011 at 19:26:17 PM UTC

no names (14.25 / 4)

they are baby chicks. as a group.
they'll grow up & be chick-chicks.

the 4 yellow ones were sold as "red pullets"
guaranteed to be female; some type of red(ish) chicken
we think they may be buff orpingtons
(which will be great- very gentle laid back chickens & very broody)
the black ones are barred plymouth rock
both kinds lay lots of big brown eggs.

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett

by: RiaD @ Fri Apr 29, 2011 at 22:22:21 PM UTC

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Will they survive, Ria? (13.25 / 4)

Do they have a good survival rate? They won't be (gulp) meat chickens will they? I know - I'm a dope.

For who could have foretold
That the heart grows old.
W.B. Yeats

by: Xanthe @ Sat Apr 30, 2011 at 00:31:25 AM UTC

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i'll not be surprised (15.00 / 4)

if one or even two die.
the worst time(most stressful) is right after shipping- they survived that & lived at the store in a big galvanized feed tub for a week or so...
we may wind up with all of them surviving.
we'll not be eating these ones. they are for eggey-weggs (they won't lay eggs until october or so)

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett

by: RiaD @ Sat Apr 30, 2011 at 00:51:43 AM UTC

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Awwwwwww....aren't they cute! (14.60 / 5)

Congratulations on getting the baby chicks, RiaD, and here's hoping that the princess has lots of fun watching them.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

by: mplo @ Fri Apr 29, 2011 at 20:17:40 PM UTC

thanks (11.80 / 5)

she's really enjoyed them today.
we took them outside (in a cage) today & they loved it.
the princess brought them bugs & grass

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett

by: RiaD @ Fri Apr 29, 2011 at 22:23:48 PM UTC

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You're welcome, RiaD! (13.75 / 4)

Glad that the princess enjoyed the baby chicks.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

by: mplo @ Sat Apr 30, 2011 at 02:19:21 AM UTC

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Incredible cuteness (14.20 / 5)

alert. I just swooned!

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by: Diane Gee @ Fri Apr 29, 2011 at 23:49:13 PM UTC

Wonderful, Ria! (12.00 / 2)

They are adorable. Can't wait to see more pics as they grow up (hint, HINT).

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
E. B. White

by: Youffraita @ Sat Apr 30, 2011 at 07:09:56 AM UTC

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