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

7 Weeks

Dixie

Pepper

Ginger

Pixie

"Wat-choo lookin' at?"

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.

6 Week Pics

6 Week pics of the babies.

Ginger

Pepper

Pixie

Dixie

I love their little mohawks!

Happy Day

The chicks and Lavender spent the whole day outside today.

The Ladies spent the day outside too.

My run is square shaped and I had divided 1/3 for Lavender and chicks with a wire fence.

Lavender wouldn't agree to stay in her side of the run, so it was either supervise them all the time or let one flock out at a time.

I solved the problem today.

I took pieces of cardboard and wedged them between the fence and other stuff (pots, bricks, ect.).

It looks horrible, but Lavender is perfectly happy to stay on her side of the fence, now that she can't see the other side of the fence.

Good thing she's short.

Gaa! Fight!

The Ladies and Lavender are not getting along.

I knew integrating Lavender's chicks and the Ladies

would be difficult, but waaa! it's so hard to watch them fight!

The Ladies aren't really interested in the chicks.

But they hate Lavender.

I was supervising playtime today and

Butter grabbed onto Lavender's ruff.

They didn't say a thing. No squawking, just silent wrestling.

Which was scarier.

I didn't know if I should separate them.

It's part of the pecking order, getting Lavender back in line,

but it's so hard to watch!

I finally pulled them apart,

because Butter is 3x Lavender's weight and

somechicken was going to get hurt.

Lavender lost a few feathers.

Gaaaaa! What to do?!?

Chicken Cartoon

I sent my BYC secret swapper's package today!

This is a cartoon I sent along with the package. It shows ladies 'helping' me find presents.

Chicks Outside!

I've been letting Lavender and the chicks outside everyday for an hour. It works best to let them out earlier in the morning, while the ladies are paying the rent (laying their communal egg).

I tried to divide the outdoor pen into a section for Lavender and a section for the ladies, but Lavender didn't like that idea. She wants all the space. Don't fence her in!

I am really worried about the ladies pecking the chicks on the head, so if they are outside together I have to babysit them.


Here's a vid of the chicks and Lavender outside yesterday.

Little Gift

When I cleaned out the coop yesterday I found an egg from Pippa.
The last Pippa egg I will ever have.
A special little surprise gift.

Win A Nest Box

Guess what! Go to Life on a Southern Farm and enter this great contest to win a nest box

It's an interesting blog too. And the nest boxes look really sturdy and more importantly cute!

One Month

The chicks are a month old.

Warning: Many cute pics

Pepper

Pixie

Ginger

Dixie

Three Week Pics

Here are the chickies 3 week pics - taken April 11th.

I noticed that the chicks have started to use their oil gland when they groom themselves. .... now that they have feathers.

Pepper

Ginger

Ginger

Dixie

Dixie

Dixie

Pixie

Pixie

Pixie

And a Behind-the-Pics pic :P

Sit still!