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[ArmyOfFive4God]

I drove 4.5+h round trip yesterday to pick up the "big" batch. As promised, here are the pics. I mentioned in my other thread that I ordered 8BO & 7RIR. When I got there, there were 10BO & 5RIR. After picking them out, there was one lone little BR left. I couldn't leave him there all by his little lonesome, so I officially have TWENTY chicks now. I posed to Hubba last night that I may have to build more coop-age. That man is really coming around :love . When I told him that we ended up with an extra, he said "ok," when I told him why (that I'm a sucker), he just smiled. When I told him we needed more coop space if sexing & vitality go well, he said "WE'll work on it...."

Anyhoo, here are the pics & one of the olders as well:

Posing for the pic (don't worry, I took care of the pasty butt after we got home from VBS, a few of them had it sooooo bad, vents blocked & all, as they stayed at the feed store overnight ). But they've all made it through their first night in their new home!!!





I pulled one of each breed to photog. I just LOVE the little red beaks on the RIR's and their little wing colourings





The would have been lonely BR:



BR first in the box for bumfluff doodie:





All of them ready for bumfluff doodie





And my big babies :love



I cannot believe the size difference in my ee's & the new babies. They are all so precious, but I am very fond of me ee's, as they've been handled more & are more friendly, and boy do they voice their opinion already!!! LOL

I know the babies will come to that point too, but I think part of it is my ee's were my first babies. I'm so glad I got the 4 ee's first though, as it gave me chance to break myself in on a small scale, before I ended up with 16 more

As an afterthought...

Holy birds, batman. I *think* there's SEVENTEEN babies!!!! Am I the only one counting 17 in the first pic? And I just did a count in the cage (they were surprisingly still) and I counted SEVENTEEN!!! *faintthud*

I'll have to do a proper headcount later when I do bumfluff doodie.....

[vine]

I just love that black one. I am so glad you took it too. I would have done the same. Thank you for sharing the pictures. They are adorable.

[Stephanie]

How sweet!! Baby chicks are so precious!!

[Crazy4Canning]

bumfluff doodie.... what a great name!

Much more polite than pasty butt.
It is the same thing right?

Boy, chick fever is catching. I've got 8 out in the coop and 2 babies still in the basement. The next couple of weeks can't come fast enough for me.

Enjoy your babies!

P.S. The caption on the BR with her legs sticking out should read "Hey, MOOOMMMM, noooo, put me down!"

Edited by Crazy4Canning, 12 June 2009 - 12:07 PM.

[ArmyOfFive4God]

bumfluff doodie.... what a great name!

Much more polite than pasty butt.
It is the same thing right?

Boy, chick fever is catching. I've got 8 out in the coop and 2 babies still in the basement. The next couple of weeks can't come fast enough for me.

Enjoy your babies!

P.S. The caption on the BR with her legs sticking out should read "Hey, MOOOMMMM, noooo, put me down!"

It started out as butt duty, which turned into doodie, then I was cutting off their bumfluff to avoid pasty butt as a whole, hence bumfluff doodie, LOL. Glad you enjoyed it & yes, it's pasty butt.

I am thoroughly enjoying it!! It is catching. I was only supposed to have 6

[lunamother]

precious babies! congratulations

[Homebody]

ok, so I just gotta ask ....uuhmmm, what exactly is pasty butt? It sounds kind of icky . Just a curious suburbanite, country girl wannabe in my dreams!

[ArmyOfFive4God]

they poo & it sticks to their bum fluff & if not taken care of, can block their rearend holes & kill them because they can't poo anymore. IIRC it's constipation, typically in hatchery birds, caused by the stress of travel.

[Homebody]

they poo & it sticks to their bum fluff & if not taken care of, can block their rearend holes & kill them because they can't poo anymore. IIRC it's constipation, typically in hatchery birds, caused by the stress of travel.

Thank you. Now I know. It still sounds kinda "icky" , but I guess it has to be done.

"ANEW, rethinks this whole raising chicken thing" .