More Chicks!!!*UPDATED WITH PICS AND VIDEO!*

[lute]

So, I planned on getting chicks again this year, but not for a while. We know what happend last year. I've made an area AWAY from the dogs so this won't happen again. We live in a different house than we did last year and I have lots more room for them too.

Anywho, I went to the next town this morning for a doctor's appointment. I stopped by my grandparent's new Carhart Supply store for a visit on my way out of town. While I was there my Grandma said I should go look what the new store next door has. I walked over to the new feed store next door. They had baby chicks! They were only a day or so old. All looked pretty healthy and happy. I decided I was gonna buy a few, but the store wasn't open yet. They don't open till 4pm. So I'm getting their area ready and waiting for my little brother to get home. He's the other animal nut in the family and he's going to help me pick some out.

I'm not sure what kinds of chickens they were. They had Rhode Island Reds and a couple other kinds.

I'll take pics and post em when we get home!

[critter crazy]

Oh how exciting!!! cant wait to see pics!! I love baby chicks! Obviously since i ahve 30 chicken eggs in the Incubator! he he he he! Arent baby chicks so exciting?? hope they are all healthy!

[Flatcoatluver]

How exciting! I know the feeling when I am getting baby ducks! Make sure you take lots of pictures!

[sweetpatata6]

PICTURES!!! (( I trust you to pick out cute chicks lol)

[Kalei]

Yay! I can't wait! Baby chicks are sooo cute. They look so yellow and poofy, I could hug them

[lute]

Here are pics of my chicks and a video too! The lady at the store said she knew there was Rhode Island Reds and then a mixture of a couple other kinds. We don't know what we got. Any ideas?

Everyone in the box they came home in.


There are two little black and white ones, a whitish one, and two that look like RIR.

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

Awww, they are just precious! I wish I could hold one, they look so soft!

[Kalei]

Awww! They are so adorable! They look so nice and soft

[lute]

they are really soft! I've got one of them hangin out on my arm right now.

[Scooter's Mom]

They are so cute! I haven't had baby chicks in 15 years or more... I hope you have a great time with them! I love the little black & white ones.

[cassiesmom]

Lute, city slicker question here ... what will you do with the baby chicks when they're ... uhmm ... grown? Will you move them to a hen house? They sure are cute.

[lute]

Lute, city slicker question here ... what will you do with the baby chicks when they're ... uhmm ... grown? Will you move them to a hen house? They sure are cute.

the chicks will be moved outdoors to a fenced area with a hen house when they are 5-6 weeks old. IF the weather is nice enough. Unfortinatly, I live too close to neighbors to keep any roosters. since these chicks are straight run i may have to find homes for the ones that turn out to be roosters.

[Freedom]

Will you be able to collect eggs from them???

They are VERY cute! I see them at the farm store, in a couple weeks, along with the baby ducks and baby turkeys etc. I always wonder how many are going to end up . . . on a dinner table!

[critter crazy]

the chicks will be moved outdoors to a fenced area with a hen house when they are 5-6 weeks old. IF the weather is nice enough. Unfortinatly, I live too close to neighbors to keep any roosters. since these chicks are straight run i may have to find homes for the ones that turn out to be roosters.

Too bad you live so far away, I can always use more roosters! I love my roosters!

[lute]

Freedom, yes! In a few months the pullets(hens that havn't laid any eggs yet) will lay big brown eggs. Fortinatly NONE of my chickens will be eaten. I could never eat one of my pets. It would just be wrong. I hate seeing the fryer chicks at feed stores. Poor things are guarenteed to die and probably be eaten.

critter crazy, I wish I lived closer to you too! I'd be visiting your big puppies and lovely chickens all the time!