Sunday, April 5, 2009

picked up 3 chicks

Hi all, I picked up three chicks from the Urban Farm Store yesterday (friday). I got a Rhode Island Red, a Barred Plymouth Rock and a Golden Wyandotte. They are all big, productive layers. I wanted big chickens that will put Ernie in his place if he tries to molest them. However, the dogs aren't trying anything predatory (at least yet). They just smell the chicks or ignore them. Ernie, of course, wants the attn for himself. They don't seem to mind too much when I pick them up . They have some wing feathers coming in, so I'm hoping they'll be in the pen in 4 weeks (maybe six...). Attended another chicken class and learned more on Thurs.
I want to give them matching names (e.g. eeny, meeny, moe), but haven't thought of anything yet...can you help me???. I've been handling them at least 3-4x a day so they get used to me. And I'm letting the dogs sniff them too. So far, no predator behavior; just curiosity. Today (Sat) I sat on the couch with all three in my lap, but they climbed up to my shoulder and preferred to be there; under my hair even. My nephew sat next to me and cupped his hands around them so they wouldn't fly/bounce away. All the time, they were chirping. I was so happy that they felt safe with me. Did more work on the pen today. Took like two hours to put some roofing up around the plum tree. It's all very fun. See the pix!

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