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Woot!!! New Fluffy-Butts!!! (New chickens)
We’ve got a new set of baby chicks at the ranch!
I brought home 8 baby chicks, 4 buff orpington chickens, and 4 Rhode-Island Reds!
Right now they’re pretty scared so I’m trying to let them be for the next 24 hours except to check water/food and see how their temp is doing. Hopefully they’ll fair well and make it, these first couple weeks are always a little nerve-wracking!
3 chickies mooning me!
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New Chicky Pic.
Just an updated pic on my chickies. They’ve gotten big!
For comparison, check out the two pics below.
The only one I can discern from the others name wise is Geeter, the one on the left with all the brown on her neck and the spikes. The others, well, honestly I’m not sure who’s who anymore. Oh well!
They’ve come a long long way from when they were babies! Of course, they were a lot cuter back then. 
and here’s the imbetween picture of them at about 4 months old.
One Little Egg… Ahh Ahh Ahhhhh
One of my chickies laid their first egg today! It’s small! (which is usual, they take a little while to get up to full size)
I’m so excited! My husband came into my office while I was waking up and said “Oh, by the way, look on your desk…” (Which is a mess)… so I’m looking around trying to see what’s different, pile of bill receipts I need to file here, notebook there, the cordless phone I forgot to put on the charger over there. He grabbed my head (gently of course) and turned my head straight forward and said “Right there, in front of the keyboard.” OH!! OH!!!!!
So now begins the daily “Egg Check”. And I can start to use the “Egg Bag” my sister-in-law Heather made me, it’s a padded collection bag with ChickyPoo Embroidered on it with my cracked egg guy, sooo cute.
I’ve got put out an email at work and ask if a few people could bring in their egg cartons when they’re done using them so I have a few empty ones laying around…. and also need to get my list together of those who have asked if they can buy our eggs.
The Chickies in their new home
Okay, so it’s not painted yet, but I really needed to get these guys into their chicken coop because as you will see in the pictures below, they have gotten BIG and were about to run out of room in the chicky bunker. We got the roof done really late, so I don’t have pictures of the completed roof with ondura shingles. I’ll take those when I get done painting.
So, the next steps- Fencing, Painting, Cutting a chicken size exit door once the fence is up.
Painting it is probably going to be my favorite part. It’s where I can get creative and make it look really cute. Pics will be coming soon!
weather sealing before egg-hutch lid goes on
Bedding for comfort, back area will be divided for roosting but right now is just area for food/water, easy access
Chickies in their new home, headed straight for food of course, see how big they've gotten?!
Lots more room for the chickies!
The Baby Chickies are Home! Vid and pics!
Welcoming home 7 baby chickens to Camp Chicky Poo! Within minutes of being set loose in their new home, they were already at their food and water, cleaning themselves and making themselves at home.
Couple videos and pics below.
My cat Ronon was extremely curious and then absolutely offended by the babies. If cats could “stomp” out of a room, that’s what he would have done. He went outside the door and glared at me. I have some snuggling to do with him.
I hear something.... what is this?
No Way!!! Is That Lunch?!
And They’re out….
Teyla, my dog, was so curious. She stayed back a bit because anything new = scary, but everytime they’d start peeping, her ears would go straight up and she’d just stare at them with curiousity.
Teyla watching the chickies curiously
For safety reasons, I have the dog and cat out in the other room while I type. There is no lid on the Chicky Bunker yet so I didn’t want to take any chances with Ronon taking his revenge.
I have to keep this short, I have a lot to do in a little time before I go pass out for the rest of the day. Here are the videos! They’re only about a minute long each, nothing much to show yet, just them eating and cleaning. I have to figure out a way to identify them all… there’s only one that sticks out cuz she’s totally bald on her back. (she got picked on, pecking order establishment and all. I have a softspot for her.)
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