Escaping Suburbia » raising chickens http://allhailsuburbia.thewanderingwolf.biz Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:46:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Chickens: Week 1 http://allhailsuburbia.thewanderingwolf.biz/2009/03/16/chickens-week-1/ http://allhailsuburbia.thewanderingwolf.biz/2009/03/16/chickens-week-1/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:53:56 +0000 Kate http://allhailsuburbia.thewanderingwolf.biz/?p=1258

taking a drink

Well, we made it through week one. The chicks will be 7 days old on Tuesday. We found out they were a day old when we got them and they hadn’t been vaccinated, so we switched over to medicated [...]]]> 6daysold

taking a drink

Well, we made it through week one. The chicks will be 7 days old on Tuesday. We found out they were a day old when we got them and they hadn’t been vaccinated, so we switched over to medicated food. They’re learning how to roost and scratch — and boy are they vigorous about the scratching. Food flung EVERYWHERE.

Their wings are getting longer and stronger and the markings are starting to show on the tips.

They practically fall asleep on their feet. In fact, the falling asleep is the funniest part of watching them. They go all floppy.

They’re a bit rude to each other, bumping and pushing and walking upon and running over to see what another is pecking at and having to peck at it too.

I’ll have another update next week!

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