Pictures of the chicks

This was the first day we brought the second batch home. I ordered 7 Rhode Island Reds & 8 Buff Orpingtons. When I get there, it was all sorts of messed up. There were 5 RIR's & 10 BO's and one lone little Barred Rock. I couldn't just leave the BR all by his/her little lonesome, so I took him/her home too. When I got home, I saw the poor things had a nasty case of pasty butt. I had to run the kids to closing night at VBS but as soon as I got home, I got busy wetting & cutting bumfluff & dousing their rears with olive oil.




So..... I was counting the chicks and I counted.....

1 Barred Rock- check
10 Buff Orpingtons- check
6 Rhode Island Reds- che..... wha?!?!? SIX RIR's?!?!?

Let's count again.....

1 Barred Rock- check
10 Buff Orpingtons- check
6 Rhode Island Reds- Yes, SIX RIR's!!!

So let's do the math. Little ol' me said SIX chickens TOTAL!!! ONLY 6. I ordered 15 to account for loss & the chance of roosters. I figured by the time all was said & done, I'd have 6-10 hens. Of course, I had forgotten the lady in Rock Springs was going to call me when she got hers in.

Guess what? Every.single.chick.to.date is doing fine. I have 1-2 confirmed roos so far......

*whew*

More math? As it stands right now, I should end up with no less than 16 hens. SIXTEEN!!!!

No more math, my wee brain can't handle that on a Sunday!