Baby Chicks
The Baby Chicks are tiny. Of course, what can we expect at 3 days old?
We had to go to the post office and pick them up.
I walked in and explained that they called at 6am to pick up our delivery. I and everyone in the lobby could hear them. haha
This is the box that 20 babies came in.
We ordered 5 Buff Orphintons pullets
5 Black Sex Links pullets
5 Golden Comet pullets
and 5 Cinnamon Queen pullets
The Golden Comets have the blue dots on their foreheads
The Cinnamon Queens have the green dots on the foreheads
The Buff orphanigton are not marked
And the Black Sexlinks are black
You have to teach baby chicks where to drink and eat
You dip their beaks into the water (around 98 degrees)and then set them in their brooder. You can see in the picture that my husband Buddy is prepping the babies.
The first week of life you put paper towels down with a little feed so they will start eating starter pellets instead of shavings etc that will later be placed on the floor of the brooder
Sprin makes me feel alive, hopeful and excited for the future. Baby chicks make me feel the same !!
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