Our trio of blue cochin chicks are now one month old and thriving. There was a bit of a mean girls club going on the first week we had the chicks but our sweet little blueberry toughed it out and is quickly catching up in size with the other two chicks.
Normally around four weeks chicks start to go through the ugly duckling phase and look a little goofy as their feathers grow. But these cuties are just giant puffs of blue grey feathers and are absolutely gorgeous, if I do say so myself.
Look at the sweet little feathers on their legs.
The chicks look like they are wearing pantaloons. Ahhh they are so stinkin’ cute I can hardly stand it.
The 4 week old chicks are still residing in a stock tank in the garage and have about a month to go before we introduce them to our big chickens. By then the weather will have warmed a bit and they’ll be large enough to climb or fly up the ladder into the chicken coop.
Baby chicks are awesome! With some luck, once these birds start laying, we should be getting about 15 eggs a day by this fall.
Weeeee!
~Mavis
If you are thinking about getting a flock of your own baby chicks be sure and read my How to Care for Baby Chicks post. It’s full of everything you need to know to get started.
And if you are looking for a great chicken book, check out Homemade Living: Keeping Chickens with Ashley English. I think it’s pretty awesome.
Judy N. says
Its funny you should post these this morning because I was just thinking to myself while reading your morning posts about gnomes and such..”I wonder how Mavis’s blue cochins are doing?” LOL
I have raised chickens for 30 years..I don’t have them now but hopefully will again.. I have raised Many Cochins of all sizes..Love them..these blue babies are so adorable!! Glad to see their thriving..Make sure they are close to the other girls in size before you introduce them..don’t want them to get beat up..
Happy Gardening!!
Mavis says
Cochins are some of the sweetest birds ever. I love them!! 🙂
The Couch Potato says
How many chickens do you have?
Erika says
Goodness! What are you going to do with 15 eggs per day? Barter a lot?
Madam Chow says
Over at henblog.com, she has 26 chicks in a brooder. In a new post, she recommends putting in a clump of grass with some dirt attached every day so that the chicks build immunity and learn to peck at it and not each other.
Sue says
Love my blue girls. When I got them last year I got a black in bunch and a blue rooster. He is gorgeous and so is the black! They have such good personalities. They are not the most prolific layers, but I don’t care! Enjoy!
Lynn says
What is the difference between blue Cochin’s and the blue berry Cochin?
Mavis Butterfield says
Blueberry was the chickens name, not variety. 🙂 Hope that helps.