Our little chickies are growing up fast! They are all fully feathered out now - the older ones are probably about 7 weeks old, and the younger ones are about a month old. Some of them are much friendlier than the others and its easy to tell which ones we wanted to keep. Ironically, 5 out of the 6 birds we decided to keep were from the original batch of chicks we picked out. We gave the 3 least friendly birds to my friend Linda, they will live out wonderful lives free ranging on her farm. Those lucky girls - bugs, friends and sunshine galore! The rest will be stuck here, getting smothered with more love and cuddles than they could possibly have ever wanted. Probably a few hand picked worms from the kids too...its a rough life for chickens around these parts. ;)
We are keeping both of the Speckled Sussex and I wish we had more. They are super calm and really sweet, and easily my favorite of all the chicks. We are also keeping three Buff Orpingtons - two of them are from the first batch, and the other is the lone girl we are keeping from the younger batch. The kids have nicknamed her sleephead and love her dearly. Our last girl is one of the Black Australorps. She isn't my favorite, as she tends to be quite flighty and weird but she was the best of the "least friendly" group. I actually have some suspicions that she could possibly be a "he" and to be honest it wouldn't break my heart if we re-homed her/him. Time will tell I suppose! Here is a picture of the ones we kept. I think its funny how they naturally segregate themselves by color - they do this a lot and leave me wondering if they have some secret chicken color code in place....silly birds:
We are keeping both of the Speckled Sussex and I wish we had more. They are super calm and really sweet, and easily my favorite of all the chicks. We are also keeping three Buff Orpingtons - two of them are from the first batch, and the other is the lone girl we are keeping from the younger batch. The kids have nicknamed her sleephead and love her dearly. Our last girl is one of the Black Australorps. She isn't my favorite, as she tends to be quite flighty and weird but she was the best of the "least friendly" group. I actually have some suspicions that she could possibly be a "he" and to be honest it wouldn't break my heart if we re-homed her/him. Time will tell I suppose! Here is a picture of the ones we kept. I think its funny how they naturally segregate themselves by color - they do this a lot and leave me wondering if they have some secret chicken color code in place....silly birds:
