Landon and I had talked about getting chickens for quite awhile...I wanted them because chicks are so cute and Landon wanted them for the eggs. About 5 weeks ago my dad (the experienced chicken raiser) Travis and Talon came with us to buy the chicks and all the things we needed for them to live in the garage.
A little side note...baby ducks are stinkin' adorable and if they weren't so messy and we had some type of pond we would have brought home some of them too. Our 8 little chicks came home in what looked like a happy meal box. My dad let us use his heat lamp and metal basin to make a temporary home in the garage.
Here they are, so tiny! I loved getting home from work and leaving the garage door to the house open so I could hear them chirp as I cleaned or made dinner.
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| Here's a close up to see just how small and cute they were. I love the black one! |
This is not the case anymore though....our garage stinks! They have quadrupled in size and we have to keep their cage covered because they can jump out. A couple of weeks ago we started feeding them some bread and lettuce. The first time we gave them bread Kayson was over here and wanted to feed them. He climbed in the basin and was breaking pieces of the bread and holding it in his hands. The chicks were still a little small and didn't come right over to eat it...My parents and Jer were here so Landon was explaining his plans for the nesting boxes. We turned around and Kayson was picking the bread up from in the coop and saying "Look chickies like this" and he would take a bite. It was absolutely adorable, but gross.
Landon has been working on their coop since the day after we bought them. It's close to being done. Only one more week and then they're moving outside. They have grown up so quick...but they still look too little to be out in the coop.
I still think they're cute, but Landon says we're blinded by love!
