The five chicks we picked up earlier this year are growing like crazy! They’ve been set loose among the general pop and are adapting slowly to the new routines. 🙂
Chicken Chronicles: The Ever-Growing Flock
After adding five more chicks to the Miller Homestead, we decided to give Showgirl a go at sitting on 4 eggs… and they all hatched! Needless to say, there are lots of feathers and fluff about the home now! 🙂 We were lucky to catch this one as it hatched – she was a day or two younger than the rest: And here is Showgirl’s flock after three weeks:
Chicken Chronicles: Two Weeks Old and Bold as Ever
It’s been such a delight to watch the chick’s personalities take flight. (hehe, pun intended) 😉 We’ve had some incredible weather lately so the chicks got a little outing that they weren’t too sure about at first. After thirty minutes or so, they were exploring, taking dust baths, and nibbling grass. To combat brooder boredom, we also put a mirror in their cage, and the chicks are quite enamored with it. (Or should I say, with themselves?) Hope you enjoy the pics. These little suckers are growing fast—soon they’ll be fully feathered and moved to the outdoor brooder in the big coop. Sniff, sniff. Where does time go? 🙂
15 Cubic Feet of Dirt
Three feet long, two feet wide, two-and-a-half feet deep. It’s the second time I’ve dug a grave with these dimensions, and that 15 cubic feet of dirt seems to grow heavier-and lighter-each time. The reality of owning chickens is that they are frail, delicate creatures and hunted by most everything in a country (and urban) environment. But I’ve dug these graves on my own, because I know if I choose to be responsible for these beings, I must see it through to the very end. I made the tough call to put down Spike after a neurological disease meant an early end to his short life. I made the call...
Chick Chronicles: The New Peeps – 5 Days Old
