1 Week old!



Cocoa 1 Week Old

Cocoa is such a cuddler, I almost think she likes her picture taken. She's the kids favorite.  She is so calm when you hold her.

Cocoa 1 Week Old

Stella (ignoring me) 2 Weeks 1 Day Old



Stella didn't want her picture taken today.  She is usually pretty noisy when you separate her from her sisters 

 

Cookie 1 Week Old

 Cookie is such a sweetie too.  Not quite as calm as Cocoa, but almost.  She's kind of pudgy too.


Cookie 1 Week Old



Cookie 1 Week Old

The big girls have finally stopped sleeping in their nesting box, yes all six of them in one 12"x12" box.  I'm thinking they didn't know that chickens sleep on roosts.  I made them a new one for inside their run and they loved it so much I made one just like it for the hen house and put it in front of the nesting boxes.  Well they just went under (chicken limbo) the roost and into the nesting box.  2 Days later they are sleeping on their roosts, not the new one though.  but that's ok because it was going to be a problem if they kept sleeping in there. 

I gave them some strawberries in the suet cage, it was a nice tasty treat for them.  I also gave them a piece of bread this morning because I dropped it on the floor when I was making the kids lunches.  I read somewhere that you could give them stale bread so I thought what the heck.  They gobbled the bread up right away.  They are so funny, I was tearing the bread up into small pieces and dropping it their dish, one grabs a piece and runs away and they all chase her and try to get it.....really, what about the other pieces in the dish????

The original six have gotten so big, I will have to get some pictures of them taken tomorrow, you won't recognize them.  They look like chickens now, their combs have not turned red yet but Margarita, Mojito and Sangria are starting to develop waddles.

Cookie 5 Days old

Do you like the board Mike brought home from work?  He said we should put it in the front yard ;-)

I took these pictures last night.  Cookie is so cute she loves to sit in your hand.  Cocoa did not want her picture taken, she kept turning her head away from the camera.  Stella is always very alert so her pictures almost always look good (when you can get her to hold still)

Cookie 5 Days old

Cocoa 5 Days old

Cocoa 5 Days old

Cocoa 5 Days old



Stella 1 week 6 Days old



Stella 1 week 6 Days old

No peas please

I gave the chickens some grapes, strawberries & sugar snap peas.  I guess they don't like peas

Jack and Cocoa

Jack loves to cuddle with the new chicks, I think his favorite is Cookie, that is the one he named. 

Last night Hailey and her friend had 2 of the new chicks out and were cuddling with them.  Well the one that was left behind was not happy.  So we can take all three out or just one.  I think it is mostly Stella, I think she will be the leader and was worried when the rest of her flock was gone....Oh No, I hope she's not a Rooster

I did my best with the pictures, chicks don't hold still for very long.

Had a chipmunk get into the coop and eat up some of the feed the other night, so now I bring the food in at night, no way am I feeding the chipmunks.  As soon as I get back to Menards I'll get one of those metal trash cans and use a bungee cord to keep it closed, that should keep the food safe.

I bought some cups that attach to the inside of the run and put some grapes in them for the chickens, they went nuts for them.  They are such quick learners, as soon as I come out they wait and keep checking the cups to see what kind of goodies I have for them, so cute.  I also bought one of those suet holders and put some apples in it, so fun to watch them "Box" with it.  At first they were not to good at getting the apples out, but now they are pros. 

I almost forgot....crickets  I bought crickets from the pet store for them, they gobbled them up right away!

Time to go play with my chickens...

It looks so cute on the coop.  I still need to paint the trim :)



New treats!

Cookie 4 Days old

Hiding from the camera, but you get a good look at their wing feathers

Stella 1 week 5 days, Cocoa (left) 4 days

 

2 and 3 Day Old Pictures



Cute little sign I bought to hang on the hen house

It's amazing how quickly they grow.  The day I brought them home the two day old chicks were a little wobbly.  They are moving around much better now.  Their little wing feathers are starting to poke out too.  They have names now, Cocoa, Cookie and Stella.  Sorry Mike when you get your own chickens you can name them ;-)



2 Days Old

A week and 3 Days

 



2 Days Old

Cookie

3 Days

3 Days

3 Days

3 Days

3 Days

3 Days



Stella

A week & 4 days



A week & 4 days

A week & 4 days



A week & 4 days



A week & 4 days



 Cocoa

3 Days



3 Days



3 Days

3 Days





New Chicks Finally Arrived

The chicks I ordered finally arrived and they brought a friend!

The one in the front and the middle one are the Araucanas and the black one in the back is a Plymouth Barred Rock.  The Araucanas hatched yesterday April 25th and the Barred Rock hatched around April 16th.  I'm going to do my best to post pictures daily of the Araucanas since I know there exact hatch day.  This was something I was looking for when I got my first chicks.  "Hmmm I wonder what they will look like when they are "x" days old"   I will share my pictures with Backyard Chickens  I have learned so much from this site.  It's a wonderful community of backyard chicken folk.

I need some help naming them.  I am almost positive the brown one in the middle will be named Cocoa.  I'm not sure about the other two, my ideas are Maddie, Lucy, Stella, Zoe & Penny.  If I leave it up to Mike they will be named Buffalo, Spicy and Blue.

So sleepy


Here's some better pictures