Wed 27 Apr 2011
Our chicks from Meyer Hatchery in Ohio hatched early Monday morning and shipped a few hours later. They arrived at our post office this (Wednesday) morning around 8:30 a.m., and were being settled in their new home by 9:00. One died in transit, but the others all look healthy at this stage: six Rhode Island Reds, three Barred Rocks, three Silver Laced Wyandottes, and two Black Australorps. They seem to be taking to the three main chick functions (drinking, eating, pooping) with gusto! It’s fascinating to watch them. Pictures above show them in the box they arrived in and then in our makeshift brooder for the first week or so.
Awwww. So cute! You are a proud mama. Hope all goes well. Like half the women over a certain age in this country — or so it seems — I wanted chickens too. But I decided that bees would be better because I could still go away on vacation without having to get a bee-sitter, and bee death would be easier for me to handle than chicken death. I’m not so sure my decision was a good one.
Congratulations!