Pepper crows every morning - 6 or 8 times and then he doesn't make a sound for the rest of the day.
It's funny to watch him crow - he's so apologetic about it.
"Sorry, just got to get this done with."
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Update: They're growing
I have a lot to do in the garden, so.........................here are a few updated pics of the chicks and a link if you want to look at more pics :P
Pepper crows every morning - 6 or 8 times and then he doesn't make a sound for the rest of the day.
Pepper crows every morning - 6 or 8 times and then he doesn't make a sound for the rest of the day.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Choking Chicken!
Honey just choked!
The ladies were out in the run and I brought them some nice fresh weeds to pick through. I never let them have long pieces of grass, because I worry they will choke (!!!) and get impacted crops.
These were fresh dandelions, tiny sprouts about 5 inches long.
Honey gobbled up a sprout and it got stuck in her throat somehow, so half of it was dangling out of her beak.
No big deal. This happens all the time. Usually she scratches at it with her claws or shakes her head and it falls off.
Not this time!
She started walking around with her beak open and her comb turned dark purple.
If you've ever seen this you know what I mean.
Scary dark pansy purple!
I grabbed the weed, yanked it out and patted her on the back.
She closed her beak and her comb faded back to its normal fire engine red.
Whew! Scary!
Week of Strange Eggs
Last week I had 2 strange eggs from the big girls.
In the bottom pic going clockwise: Normal egg that they lay every day, tiny, itty bitty egg, scotch tape for size comparison and in the middle: very strange soft shell egg.
I normally find only one egg in the nest box. What a bunch of slackers!
This is the soft shell egg I found.
It has a soft shell on the outside with a thick liquid inside and in the very center a hard shelled egg.
Strange!!!
Egg opened.
The yolk was strange too. Runny and mixed up with the white.
I was hoping these weird eggs ment that one of the ladies was starting to lay again, but this week we are back to 1 egg a day.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
9 Weeks
Oh, I'm a bad chick momma!
These are their 9 week pics, but it's already time for their 10 week pics!
Dixie
Dixie
Dixie
Dixie
Dixie
Pepper
Pepper
Pepper
Ginger
Ginger
Ginger
Pixie
Pixie
Monday, May 25, 2009
Worry and Trouble
Uh Oh!
Somechick's started crowing!
I've only heard it twice. The first time I thought it was Lavender warning the chicks about some danger. But today I heard it and it sounds like a tiny crow.
The chicks all run around scared after hearing the crow, so I can't figure out who's crowing.
Also, Dixie is growing some BIG wattles.
Boy? Girl?
Pixie has zero wattles and Pepper and Ginger have tiny ones.
I'll try to get some pics soon.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Who Says We're Too Big?!?
Cutest video ever!
It's a little dark and hard to see, but this is a video of the chicks all trying to sleep underneath Lavender.
As you can see they are a tiny bit to big.
Also, notice how Lavender is panting. It was 80 F degrees in their pen and the chicks still wanted to cuddle!
Sunday, May 17, 2009
8 Weeks
There has been an explosion of fluff in the last week!
Every chick is now sporting their own unique style.
Ginger - with a tough mohawk
Pepper- with a rock star mullet
Pixie - with a slicked back afro
Dixie - with a mad scientist fuzz top
Monday, May 11, 2009
Combs and Claws
Pixie has a lobster claw- see pic below
Strange isn't it?
Above: Dixie's single comb
Below:Pixie's comb
And..........Ginger's gigantic comb!
Who's a boy? ha,ha
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Little Box
This is the box the chick's eggs were sent in.
Look at them now!
I don't think they'll fit in the box all together after this. 
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