The chickens arrived on May 18 by overnight delivery. I was glad Eric got the early morning call from the post office and he dealt with setting them up and got to see the kids reaction. We believe they were born on May 16 in Connecticut.
A few days before the chicks arrival date Eric and the kids got their home ready. First they tried a cardboard box with wood shavings, but Eric soon realized that wouldn't work well. So he switched over to a metal washtub. Then Eric struggled getting the heating lamp secured in our little half bath. The bathroom was chosen because I mostly use it to soak laundry and don't go in a lot plus linoleum for easy cleanup and a easy access sink to wash hands after handling them.
The kids have been totally enthralled. Miriam loves to pick them up, but Aaron is content to just watch them. They were such cute fluff balls when they came. The first day as they were adjusting they would cycle through lots of peeps when walking around and then they would face plant for a short nap and go quiet. Overall they weren't too noisy, mostly when Miriam would bother them then they got loud.
Our 4 new pets- Brownie, Rockie, Lacie, and 'the white one' (still not named).This is Eric's pet project and in his usual fashion researched quite thoroughly everything from which breeds would be best, to how to care for them, to best house. Here he explains which breeds he chose. If wondering about the red glow that is the brooder heat lamp to keep their temp up. At first we just gave them sugar water and then introduced them to baby chick feed and gravel. So far they are working out great for us, more updates to come.
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Just have to point out that I was right-- the one I thought was the Wyandotte is the Silver-laced Wyandotte, and the other is the Plymouth Barred Rock.
Miriam has come to really love her Chicks-- has to say goodbye to them, and tell them goodnight, besides always wanting to carry them around. We got some meal worms as treats so at least the chicks would have some reason to look forward to the kids coming over to them.
I hope they all turn out to be girls!
I suggest Blondie for the white one, goes with the other ending in 'e' sound names.
We decided to go with Blondie for 'the white one'. Thanks for the good suggestion! And they did all turn out to be girls. Most places have a 90% accuracy gurantee on the sex of the chicks.
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