Nothing cuter than new chicks!
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This is the 2nd time any chicks have hatched so its very exciting!! 
they are so cute!!
they are so cute!!Mini Horses
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My broody hens are the best. Sure, you miss their eggs for 3-4 months but in return are more future layers 
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At least I don't miss their eggs because they are bantams so we don't need the eggsMy broody hens are the best. Sure, you miss their eggs for 3-4 months but in return are more future layers
Here is a pics of my chicks
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This morning when I went out to the coop I saw the babies running in and out of the run they were going through the little squares on the bottom and then running back in so I put boards on the bottom and I thought that would be enough to keep them in the run but later I went out and the yellow chick was outside the run cheeping and all the boards were still in place so I don't know how it got out. I put wire around the bottom but the wire only covered half the run and the other half just has boards so when I checked tonight I don't know how many chicks there are I looked under my Red hen and she had her chick but I don't know if the leghorn had any under her because she wouldn't let me reach under her. So I really hope that all 3 babies are in with their mamas tonight
They're little escape artists. I used hardware cloth around both of my brooders but the chicks still managed to get out.
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This morning we finished putting the wire all around the coop.
When i got home from volleyball practice and had to go close a gate in case the calves got out and I heard really loud cheeping coming from the coop so I went over and the yellow chick was running around outside the run trying to find a way back in. So I slipped through the fence and while I was going through the fence our Beagle named Skippy found the chick I yelled at him to leave it alone but he chased it around a bit and then Skippy finally ran away barking like he was chasing something and I thought it was my chick but then I realized that a chick couldn't run that far away when it is that little so I went back to the coop and heard cheeping I saw the chick under the coop so I waited for it to go out and I grabbed it and put it back with its mama. I am so glad I didnt put a board to block the way under the coop the way I did to the red coop because Skippy kept digging under it. If I did put the board there Skippy would have got the chick. I put gravel around the run so I don't think that the chicks can escape anymore.
The other 2 brown chicks are good little babies and stay with their mamas but that little yellow baby is finding ways to escape that i didnt think a chick could even get out of and then it runs around outside the run cheeping until someone puts it back in.
When i got home from volleyball practice and had to go close a gate in case the calves got out and I heard really loud cheeping coming from the coop so I went over and the yellow chick was running around outside the run trying to find a way back in. So I slipped through the fence and while I was going through the fence our Beagle named Skippy found the chick I yelled at him to leave it alone but he chased it around a bit and then Skippy finally ran away barking like he was chasing something and I thought it was my chick but then I realized that a chick couldn't run that far away when it is that little so I went back to the coop and heard cheeping I saw the chick under the coop so I waited for it to go out and I grabbed it and put it back with its mama. I am so glad I didnt put a board to block the way under the coop the way I did to the red coop because Skippy kept digging under it. If I did put the board there Skippy would have got the chick. I put gravel around the run so I don't think that the chicks can escape anymore.
The other 2 brown chicks are good little babies and stay with their mamas but that little yellow baby is finding ways to escape that i didnt think a chick could even get out of and then it runs around outside the run cheeping until someone puts it back in.
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This afternoon we vaccinated the calves.
Today was my first time giving a shot. I gave a shot to my calf that looks like a holstein.
We sorted the calves the 4 that we are keeping went in the pen where the goats were and the 6 we are selling went back to the pasture they came from. I think we are selling the 6 calves on Thursday.
Today was my first time giving a shot. I gave a shot to my calf that looks like a holstein.
We sorted the calves the 4 that we are keeping went in the pen where the goats were and the 6 we are selling went back to the pasture they came from. I think we are selling the 6 calves on Thursday.
