Week One
The first week has gone by fast. As the chickens are getting to know us I’ve realized this means two things – One, they are much less scared, which is great but also two, they are much better at dodging us if they don’t want to be held! The Buff Orpington and Easter Egger chicks are the easiest to get ahold of. They usually let us pick them up and while they aren’t jumping into our hands yet, they do relax quickly and allow us to handle them. The Brown Leghorns have been fairly nicknamed the “road runners” by Caleb. They are fast, agile and always seem to slip through our fingers. They too relax once we get them up off the ground – but good luck doing that!
They are all eating like crazy. We are amazed at how much food they go through but you can see where it is going – they have grown so much! Since we added more grit and supplemented with the egg yolk the poopy butts have disappeared! I am so happy to see that problem is in the past.
We took their week old photos and reduced the temperature by five degrees.
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