Peep! Peep! Peep! - Paw Talk

halfwaynowhere · #1 03-22-2008, 10:19 PM

After a 6 year period without chickens, I finally convinced my mom to let me get a few. So today we went to the feed store, and came home with 4 chicks! They are supposed to be all hens, so no worries about roosters (which are technically illegal here). We got 3 araucanas (although I suspect they may be americauna), and one rhode island red. we like the araucanas because they lay greenish-blueish eggs. I just really like the coloring of the rhode island reds, and had to get one of those, as well.

there are only two easily visible in the photo, one is black, you can see her hiding, and the other one looks like the brown one.

So, these ladies need names!

And I must be the luckiest gal alive, I get to spend Easter playing with baby chicks, and bunnies! lol... now if only we had a lamb...

luvnature · #2 03-23-2008, 02:50 AM

Oooo they are so cute!

Angelnstuff · #3 03-23-2008, 07:58 AM

Aww there so cute! lately ive been wishing we could have some chickens, but somehow i dont think our neighbors would like that much

I like the one on the feeder, is that the rhode island? heh i know nothing about chickens.. didnt know there were so many different kinds until a few months ago

Cazsamps · #4 03-23-2008, 09:37 AM

Aww they are sooooooo cute!! I would love some chickens but my hubby just wont allow it lol so a couple more years of begging me thinks lol x

mulder · #5 03-23-2008, 11:11 AM

awww i love chickies!!! they are too cute. fuzzy little things hehehe what a perfect easter! names you say? well you got 4 right? what about a name set....like the golden girls names, or cosby show names?

halfwaynowhere · #6 03-23-2008, 01:17 PM

Well, I've got some sad news. Two of the chicks didn't make it through the night, and one doesn't look good. I don't know what went wrong, we had them set up like we've done before, and we've never had problems like this. Now we have just the rhode island red, and one araucana (the araucana is the one sitting on the feeder in the pic). I'm hoping the little araucana pulls through, or we're going to have one lonely chickie until tomorrow when the feed store opens. For now, I've got them in a brooding box setup, for younger chicks, and I'm keeping a close watch on them all day. I'm also trying to figure out exactly what went wrong.

Cazsamps · #7 03-23-2008, 01:23 PM

Oh no! Poor chickies. Thats really weird. I hope the last 2 survive xxxxxxx