Meet the Ladies in the Line-Up

We chose 4 breeds - Orpington, Blue Ameraucana, Brahma, and Welsummer. The Orpingtons come in different colors, ours are the Buff variety. They lay brown eggs. The Ameraucanas are usually a blue-ish gray and lay pastel blue eggs. They will have a tuft of hair on their heads. Brahmas come in two different colors, we chose Light Brahmas which are white, gray, black splash. The last breed is Welsummer - these chickens have brown feathers and lay brown eggs with brown speckles.

Orpingtons

Daisy
Daisy is sweet. She likes to be held and will let you rub her tummy.

Forsythia
Forsythia is taller than Daisy. She likes to explore; she might be our first to fly!

Blue Ameraucanas

Petunia
Petunia is our smallest chick but jumps in with the big girls. She is a beautiful blue, gray. She will fall asleep in your hand.

Violet
Violet is very inquisitive. She has long legs and big feet. We think she'll be bigger than her counterpart.

Brahmas

Lily

Lily loves to eat! She is gentle and has a soft voice.

Verbena
Verbena is quiet until you pick her up, for a little bird she has a loud chirp!

Welsummers

Myrtle Mum (short for chrysanthemum)

Myrtle seems to be one of the leaders. Eager to explore new things and doesn't seem afraid of anything.

Marigold
Marigold is a gentle, sweet chick. She falls asleep in your hand and loves to be held.

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Synchronized Chickens

Do birds of a feather really flock together? While the chickens do pair off, go solo, and hang out with the flock, they often do seek their same kind. They seem to have a connection, a way of being in sync. Check out Marigold and Myrtle: Judges' scores? 10 10 10 Look at that? A perfect score!

Week 2

"I'm flying!" The chicks are getting their feathers already! Violet has emerged as the first flyer. She and Petunia can fly out of the open brooder bins! We put the chicks in an empty baby pool while we clean the brooders. Petunia and Myrtle eating chick feed. Violet and Lily drinking water. Lily checking out Myrtle The chicks love their herbs! Marigold can fly too! Petunia, Daisy, and Marigold sleeping in my hand. It was night-time, so the red light is more noticeable. The red light is a heat light to keep the temperature at 90 degrees this week. The temp was 95 the first week. The temperature gets lowered 5 degrees each week. Good night sweet chicks

Week 10

Chick Days The chicks are excited to come out of the coop each day. They are getting better at making the leap into the yard. The chicks run around the yard together. Lily and Verbena seem to be at the top of the pecking order. They are the biggest chicks by far and will top out at 10 lbs a piece. The other chicks will be 5-7 lbs. The other chicks don't seem to mind not being the lead chicks. Petunia often hangs out with Verbena as seen below. Verbena and Petunia eagerly look for bugs as Honey takes the birds-eye-view. The chicks spend almost all day exploring. We offer water dishes around the yard. Here the girls are meeting around the water cooler. We read that the chicks will return to the coop each night. The evening we went to put them in the coop and they were all settled in. So cute! We have to yet to watch the chick parade at dusk, but hope to soon.

The Chick Feed

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