Now the hard part ... picking out seven chicks to take home.
curious baby chicks
soooooo soft. and awefully cute.
two-buck chuck? two-buck chicks!!!
cute from the front
and from both sides
it's a tough choice
the final price check
3 Rhode Island Reds and 2 Black Sexlinks
$17.90 for 7 chicks (chicks are sales tax excempt)
Back home the first big feast. See and hear them in this movie (3MB, AVI).
after arriving in their new home
seven tiny fluffy feather balls
the brown one on top is an Americana
mmmmhhh ... chick starter feed
eat up! we bought a 50 lb sack.
he'll probably poop in the feed
April 2nd, 2006:
After adding a second light bulb the temperature in their coop is around 88 Fahrenheit. Now for some ultra-cute detail shots (follow the links).
April 3rd, 2006:
The Rhode Island Reds are still pretty yellow ... but they will turn red soon.
April 5th, 2006:
The one on the left that checks out the camera lens is always super curious. She is the most adventurous chick. I started calling her rascal.
April 6th, 2006:
Not sure why but they simply *love* to be fed. They always have feed in their feeder but they go crazy about the same feed being fed by hand.
April 8th, 2006:
They are growing fast. Yesterday they had their first worm. It's so funny to see them run after each other with the worm changing beek several times. Today was also the first day for three of them to spend a few minutes outside. After a few moments in awe they start scratching the gound.
