I'll take new pictures tomorrow. Every morning when I pick each of them up to check for pasty butt I tell them how pretty their new feathers are. Some have more tail feathers than others but they're so cute!
I put some forked sticks in the cage so they could perch on them. I have a window in the barn where the brooder is and I like to peek in from time to time. A couple of days ago I peeked in and one of the babies was sitting on the perch with her head hanging limply. I thought OMG 😲 one has died...
I wish your husband a speedy recovery. I'm recovering from knee replacement surgery myself. It was certainly a struggle to get ready but it's been worth it.
No they didn't an actually included 2 extra chicks but they both look the same as my New Hampshire chicks so I'm assuming they will make the extra ones something you have on your order. My new babies seem to be doing very well. I hope yours do the same.
I got into chickens for the pleasure of raising and caring for them. I've been wanting them for a long time. Buying eggs certainly would be less expensive than what I've spent getting set up but eggs were scarce here for a while. I also wanted a sustainable source of protein because of the...