Last week The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird picked up some baby chicks at the feed store, and then a few days later I couldn’t resist bringing home two more.
The chicks all seem to be happy and healthy and their personalities are starting to really show. So far 5, Fatty H ilda and Matilda really like being held, while Pablo and Picasso absolutely do not. * We think 5 has an inner ear problem because her head is always tilted to the left. She’s my favorite of course. So sweet!
We have 3 Easter Egger chickens this time around so we are hoping for some very colorful eggs from our chicks in about 20 weeks. I wonder if one of them will lay the highly coveted pink eggs?
This is the first time we have had baby chicks in the fall so we are pretty excited.
Hilda the Easter Egger still totally looks like an owl. I brought her home because I had never seen a grey chicken before. Go HERE to see what she is suppose to look like when she gets a bit older. What a beauty!
For some reason The Girl and I decided all brown Easter Eggers should be named Peter. Don’t worry, she’s a hen, not a rooster. No boys allowed here.
Silver Laced Wyandotte Chicks look like little penguins if you ask me.
Ahh baby chicks! I love you.
I would fill my whole house with them if I could. But I’m pretty sure the HH would have me committed if I did something like that. Plus it would stink quite a bit. Okay, so maybe I’ll just dream about it for now.
~ Mavis
Hey – Did anyone else out there pick up baby chicks this fall? What is your game plan for winter?
If you are thinking about getting a flock of your own, check out the book Homemade Living: Keeping Chickens with Ashley English: All You Need to Know to Care for a Happy, Healthy Flock. Amazon currently has the book on sale for $10.33.
Sarah says
Aww. They’re all so cute!!! Matilda has pretty eyes. Like she has glam makeup on.
Mavis says
Well let’s hope she doesn’t turn out to be a diva. LOL 🙂
Amanda says
I love them all. Thank you for sharing your beauties!
Kendra says
They are so cute! I think my husband might commit me to a home if I brought home chickens.
When I was in elementary school, the 4th grade teacher hatched baby chicks every year and the students got to take them home once they had grown enough (assuming the parents approved and had a setup to care for them). My brother got to take one home when he was in her class and was super excited for his first pet. My mom put it in the bathroom so that the cats wouldn’t eat it; unfortunately it jumped into the toilet and drowned within a couple hours of it coming home. Lesson learned that chicks can’t swim.
Mavis says
That is sooooo sad. 🙁
Jesse says
I ran electricity out to my coop so the girls could have a heat lamp in the winter.
I have also seen some heating pads you could put under the bedding. That might help keep the babies warm!
Deborah says
We didn’t buy any chicks but one of my Buff Orpingtons has gone broody and is setting on 7 eggs. Eggs that, if fertilized, would be Buff Orpington crossed with Pearl Guinea Fowl, and yes it’s possible!!
Dogs or Dollars says
No baby chicks in the fall for us. I’m still working to integrate the 12 week olds be brought home with our 6 month old Ladies. How do you handle flock integration?
nancypantsgirl says
We just got ours yesterday! Sadly, we lost one in transit. But I had to run to the feed store anyway so I picked up another. We got 6 different kinds. Welsummer, Columbian Wyandotte, Cuckoo Marans, Rhode Island Red, Speckled Sussex & Ameraucana. So excited and they are so cute. Can’t wait for the eggs to start popping out in Spring!
Mavis says
Yay! So happy to here you were able to get some fall chicks as well. Sounds like you picked some goo egg layers. 🙂