Adventures in Cluck Clucks...Day 1 through 4

So they Arrived.

We ordered a batch of 10 chicks form healthychicksandmore.com for arrival the week of march 28th.

A nice mix of fancy standard layers, our goal is to have not only a good laying flock, but good scavengers, good personalities and they should be "pretty" too!

and so we said hello to our first order.

2 Black Australorp, 2 Barred Rock, 2 Buff Orphington, 2 Speckled Sussex, and 2 Columbian Rock. In addition they sent us an extra Buff Orphington, and a free mystery chick who ended up being a buff brahma.

Wed already planned on keeping 5 of this batch...the number we were origionally going to stop at lol, but dad fell in love with the little fluffs and wondered why we didnt just keep all 12. O.o, hed particularly fallen in love with "fluffy feet", our little freebie buff Brahma...but unfortunatly we didnt know if little fluffy feet was a boy or girl, and out of respect we arnt going to go as far as getting roosters lol...

Besides, id already lined up homes for the extras, and so i promised dad, if i found all the extras homes, and could get interest in more, id place an order for another batch...especially considering how impressed i am with this hatchery.

These little guys shipped out from Ohio on Wednesday...then on Thursday morning i got a 4:30 am phone call from the post office to tell me there was a peeping box waiting for me, so off i go, in my pajamas to pick up my box of peepers.

I examined each closely as i placed them into the brooder. Dipping thier beaks into the water, showing each where the food was and was impressed at how quickly they started eating, drinking and running around. Impressivly strong healthy babies!

Friday, Fluffy feet, the 2 extra buff orphingtons and the extra columbian rock all whent to thier new home with a wonderfull woman we met in tractor supply on Wednesday.

Then Saturday we met Becky from last years chickenstock, she took the other speckled sussex, barred rock and black australorp leacing us with our 5 little babies...

Its been amazing to see how quickly these babies grow, there now five days old, and each has their wing feathers beginning to show.

Here you can see our five little ones...

in the left front is the barred rock, behind her, the columbian rock, then the speckled sussex, buff orphington and the australorp.

These little guys are not even remotly skittish of people. Obviously they dislike being grabbed/picked up at first but they are not afraid of hands in their box, nor afraid to peck and play...they are growing like weeds!

As you can see, they are actually quite interested in whats new in their world.

Id like you to meet our new babies!

This is Ronny, (veronica) , the Barred Rock at about 5 days old. Shes Bizzies favorite and already Spoilt. She loves to snuggle and sleep in her hand, or play with her hair.

This is Prudence, the Speckled Sussex.
Shes the second most feathered and a real funny little lady. She likes to snuggle but she also likes to hear her own voice.

Sammy Bird, the Black Australorp.
Shes the most reserved of the group.

Milly (Millicent), the Columbian Rock.
Right now shes my favorite, shes got a real little personality, of the group shes the only one that actually hops right up onto my knee.

And Ethel, The Buff Orphington. Shes probably going to be Queen Bee, shes always the first to the food dish, and was the first to start trying to scratch. Shes very funny to watch.

Since all seems to be going so well, were getting more from the same hatchery.

So today i placed a new order...
We have 1 Buff Brahma, and 1 Dark Brahma comming, those are "fluffy feets" chickens, 3 silver laced wyandottes, 2 Partridge Rocks, 3 Easter Eggers.
Plus of course, my free "mystery chick" and any extras that they decide to "throw" in the box lol.