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Post by maryellen on Apr 7, 2014 17:16:34 GMT -5
we got 6 chicks , 3 bantam and 3 sex links, these are the bantams  and these are the sex links  both good egg layers( I wanted egg layers and bill wanted cute funny entertaining chicks lol) they also eat ticks, bugs, grubs etc.. they will stay in the house until they get all their adult feathers in and we build a coop for them. so they are living in our one spare bedroom for now lol... each set has their own tub as the sex links are over twice the size as the bantams so we have to keep them separate for now. they are cute and fun, and each one has its own personality and I am officially nuts..... I have a double gate up so the dogs cant get them, they don't even care about the chirping which is good, but when we first brought them home Sierra wanted to eat them and Rufus was trying to figure out what they were lol. |
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Post by melonie on Apr 7, 2014 18:15:22 GMT -5
Pretty soon you'll have a goat in the bathroom like Allison.  lol |
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Post by RealPitBull on Apr 8, 2014 7:04:24 GMT -5
I love chickens, that is so cool!
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Post by suziriot on Apr 8, 2014 16:22:31 GMT -5
Love them!!!
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Post by maryellen on Apr 8, 2014 18:59:25 GMT -5
Well one chick died,so now we have 3 sex links and 2 bantams. The bantams are not a good batch and are super tiny. Hopefully they will survive .
They are work, fresh food and water every day, clean bedding every other day, and holding to socialize:)
Their peeps are adorable. I have a double gate up high so the dogs cant get in.
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Post by RealPitBull on Apr 9, 2014 7:19:21 GMT -5
Aww, sorry to hear you lost another one. HUGSSS and good luck with the rest of them. Post more pix if you can!
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Post by maryellen on Apr 9, 2014 11:40:25 GMT -5
Ill try to get more pics tonight, they are fast little buggers thats why i did one photo of each lol, maybe ill try a video instead that might be easier
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Post by RealPitBull on Apr 9, 2014 12:36:07 GMT -5
Yay! Video!
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Post by maryellen on Apr 9, 2014 16:48:36 GMT -5
2 short videos from tonight,turn up your volume you can hear chicks and sierra in first video
and I have no clue why my videos are only in the middle of the screen.. I have no clue how to fix it
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Post by suziriot on Apr 9, 2014 18:52:29 GMT -5
SO CUTE!!!!!
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Post by RealPitBull on Apr 10, 2014 7:00:32 GMT -5
Adorable!
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Post by maryellen on Apr 14, 2014 18:47:49 GMT -5
took more videos of the chicks tonight, the 2 small bantams are tiny,one of them sprouted today omg its like on steroids and is twice the size as the other. the links are getting more feisty, tonight I watched one figure out how high to jump to reach the top of the tub..
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Post by suziriot on Apr 14, 2014 18:51:00 GMT -5
Squee!! So fluffy!!!
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Post by maryellen on Apr 15, 2014 17:05:00 GMT -5
well I had to separate the bantams. the larger one is bullying the smaller one and it isn't letting it eat. so I put the big one with the links and the little one is by itself to hopefully catch up
some videos of the larger chicks all together now. ill still keep an eye on the big bantam to make sure the links don't bully it.
figures I get an asshole chicken- I have an asshole dog (rufus) now an asshole bird lol
bantam meeting first link
and the bantam and 3 links
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Post by melonie on Apr 15, 2014 21:14:43 GMT -5
There always has to be one!
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Post by maryellen on Apr 16, 2014 5:06:47 GMT -5
The runt died during the night, it wasnt doing good last night and i was hoping it would recover
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Post by melonie on Apr 16, 2014 5:36:09 GMT -5
well that just sucks.
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Post by maryellen on Apr 16, 2014 17:03:06 GMT -5
well the bf came home with 3 baby chickens tonight- 3 Tetras... he got them free from Tractor supply as he complained to them .. I really didn't want any from them I wanted to go to the local feed store in town instead.... so now I have 3 little tetras , 1 bantam, and 3 sex links...
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Post by RealPitBull on Apr 17, 2014 8:27:07 GMT -5
Never heard of tetras. I thought, "Oh you got fish?" LOL Sorry the little guy died  |
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Post by maryellen on Apr 17, 2014 9:21:34 GMT -5
The bantam batch were bad, this new batch are much healthier. Now the chicks are all acting like a family,
the new ones are little puffballs with black spots lol
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lol 
