The Baby "Hawks" Emerge
Around the time we had Mama Josephine hatching her babies, Farmer Jeff and I got so excited we went to the chicken store and bought 4 - 1 week old Ameraucana chicks. We started our flock with 3 full grown Ameraucanas but one has since died, Queen Elizabeth. I think she had some sort of egg laying problem and I didn't realize it until I found her body.
These little chicks have grown up SO quickly in comparison to the little bantam kids. The Ameraucanas are looking more like hawks every day! We started them out in the bathroom, but Farmer Jeff wanted to move the nursery to the garage, so they moved to a new area. It is really getting hot in the garage, and these little girls all have their mature feathers, so we are going to move them, in their safety cage, to the main section of the indoor coop. That way they can get used to seeing who is in the big area and the big girls can be more accustomed to the kids!
One of them is very gray like Eleanor, one is VERY golden and the other two just look like hawks!
They will need to be about 5 or 5 1/2 months before they start laying eggs, but then they will lay greenish/blue eggs! We are so excited! At the end of May we are due to get 6 Marans baby chicks/hens. They will lay very dark brown or rust colored eggs! They will be so pretty and it will fun to see all of the variety of colors!
posted by Chicken Mama at 4:31 PM
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Hi darlin'. Keith and John up here in the coastal mtns. of Oregon. I love your baby chicks! They are really cute! I too cannot resist the baby chicks, as we have 4 Buff Orpington chicks that were 6 days old when they arrived home, in the laundry basket and lived out the first 3 weeks in the parlor under a heat lamp. They are supposed to be layers in the coldest, darkest months. There is nothing like that baby chick smell and chirp. I even pick them up in the morning before my coffee. Kind of like having a real baby without all the hassle. We love them and they too have feathered and are living with the big girls now...all 19 of them and one lucky boy, Jasper, who we named after your beloved. He takes real good care of his girls, letting them drink first and waits until they all go in for the nite before he. He is still learning to crow and kinda whistles at the same time.
We love you guys and happy spring!
Keith and John
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