I haven't even taken photos of the chicks I bought back on April 16th. They're no longer chicks but adolescents and have their adult feathers...5 more months to go before they will be laying eggs. Fred wanted some heavy chickens and a local feedstore had some chicks reasonably priced...I got two Rhode Island Reds, two Plymouth Rocks and the sales person at the store didn't know what the other two were that I picked out and I didn't recognize them either. I've been studying them and looking online and I'm still not sure, they may be Cochin's...
This is one of the ones we aren't sure what breed it is.~
We were hoping to get chicks from the eggs we took to school in March but they never hatched, so I'm glad I bought these. They aren't people friendly though and are always on alert when I am around...I see a big difference from the chicks hatched at school and the ones that come from the hatchery. I bought what were supposedly all females but as I've been watching them the past few weeks there may be two roosters. I still won't be positive for another 2 months or so.~
This is the first time I've let the youngsters out of their pen. I hoisted their pen up on a chair, the youngsters came out and our older hens went in...Nobody said Chickens were very bright. But you get an idea of how much the youngsters have to go to be fully grown...~
A hen had dug a hole to have a dirt bath in and the little ones were all trying to fit in it, goofy birds!! I enjoy sitting outside in the evenings and watching them, they're pretty entertaining. I didn't leave them out of their pen for long though with the hawks in the area feeding 3 hungry young ones it probably isn't a good idea...
