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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


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



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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


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



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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?


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



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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


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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



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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.

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



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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.

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Incredible cuteness (14.20 / 5)
alert. I just swooned!

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Wonderful, Ria! (12.00 / 2)
They are adorable.  Can't wait to see more pics as they grow up (hint, HINT).

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E. B. White  


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