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Urban Chickens
Our Happy Girls
Friday, 24 June 2011
New Chicks!
Our chicks finally hatched! It took 21 days, but the chicks are out and running around. Only two out of six eggs hatched, so I got four more chicks from the farm and put them under her. She has taken to all of them, except the smallest. That one is named Cookie, and is younger than the rest. Cookie runs around behind all the other chicks trying to keep up. The mama will tolerate Cookie to sit under her to keep warm, so we don't need the heat lamp. They are out foraging in the yard and digging for grubs. The mama digs up dirt and shows them how to get food. They are really cute and we are having a great time watching them and playing with them.
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now if we can keep them away from my daughter they might all live!
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