New Chicken videos


This video is pretty long, but the chickens are extra cute.



Preening under the lilac tree.



More of the same, but different




Eating scratch.


Chrissie making some noise.



Chrissie checking out Lu.

More eggs...

Blondie's first egg was this Thursday, Feb. 10th. It had some little dark specks on the larger end. We only got 2 eggs from her, so far. 2/10 & 2/11. She is already taking a break. I think I know who the slacker is.


Chrissie's first egg was today, Sunday, Feb. 12. It's lighter in color from Blondie's eggs, kind of pinkish. You can really see the color difference below.


Here is a sampling of eggs. Besides colors, you can really see a difference in shapes and sizes. If you look at the detail of this photo, you can see some weights that we wrote on them in grams. Biggest so far is 46 grams from Siouxsie. She as laid everyday so far, eight! Such a good girl.

Week 24 - We have an egg! - February, 5th 2011 - 7:30am PT


The tiny blue egg is from Siouxsie. The brown one is just a dummy egg, so they understood where to lay their eggs, but it is also a good comparison of the size. Because she is new at this whole egg laying thing, it will take awhile for her eggs to get bigger. It's a pretty grayish, blue.



This photo isn't very good, but I wanted to weight it. 1 3/8 ounces. We were expecting Blondie to be the first one to lay, because she is so much bigger than the other two. Siouxsie is actually the bottom of the pecking order and the smallest. YAY!

New Videos for the New Year

There are 3 videos here, but I uploaded more to YouTube. Out Of Order Acres YouTube


Chrissie really likes Lu. He doesn't really know what to do when she chases him. I still need to get a really good video of her chasing him.



Eating yogurt with their regular feed. They love it.



Checking out the cat door. I'm waiting for one of them to figure out how to get in the house.

This is a make-shift chicken tractor that i put together with some concrete reinforcing wire. (usually used as tomato cages) some shade cloth and whatever i had around to block the ends. There are plenty of weed sprouts to eat and garden bed to fertilize.

Chicks in the new coop








Group dust bath

Close ups - Week 10


Siouxsie is starting to get the fluffy cheeks that Ameraucanas (Easter Eggers) get. She is a bit smaller than the other two and I think she might be the bottom of the pecking order. I found Blondie sitting on top of her twice now and Chrissie pecks at her.


Chrissie is really pretty with the Wyandotte's laced feathers. Can't wait to see her all grown up.


Blondie is at the top of the pecking order. She was the same size as Siouxsie for a long time and then grew really fast. Now she is bigger than Chrissie. I'll weigh them later this weekend.

Chicks at 9 Weeks



The chicks should start laying eggs around 20-24 weeks.

Chicks week 6








Chicks eating tomatoes

New small chicken tractor



Built a small tractor so the chicks could enjoy the outdoors without me babysitting.

Chicks Week 4



The chicks hear something and stop peeping. Of course, Chrissie is busy taking a dust bath and doesn't even notice.





Bondie finds a leaf.

Chicks Week 3 Videos



Chrissie taking a dust bath.



Chicks come when I call them.

Week 3 chicks

Blondie

Siouxsie

Chrissie

Introducing...

Siouxsie (Susie), Blondie, and Chrissie. We finally came up with some names for the peeps. They are getting some wing and tail feathers. They changed so much in just one week.