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Big ol' nasty, grassy dirt clod delivered, Yoya is thrilled with it and trying to teach the babies it's ok.
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May 2, 2016 22:30
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Chicken Doodle posted:Pie might be a mom! IM A CHICKEN GRANNY! Me too, me too! Yay for Snakefast! 
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May 2, 2016 22:57
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I am so going to meditate to this stream, there are windchimes, bird noises and a peaceful looking mama in front of some nice grass.
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May 2, 2016 23:11
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Big ol' nasty, grassy dirt clod delivered, Yoya is thrilled with it and trying to teach the babies it's ok. The clod! 
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May 3, 2016 03:52
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Hurray, another candy-named chicken! Experience tells me that a tall blondie is probably gonna be a rooboy, but I'll keep my fingers crossed! So sad I missed the actual hatch! What a good fluffy pancake Yoya's being!
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May 3, 2016 21:11
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Guess what? Chicken butt.
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May 4, 2016 21:36
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What are the brown food things put in with the chicks yesterday? I saw one last night and was worried it was a brown chick that had died  but a quick head count of the tiny floofs (happily) convinced me otherwise.
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May 5, 2016 21:34
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Also, the chicks can now jump up onto Yoya
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spookygonk posted:What are the brown food things put in with the chicks yesterday? I saw one last night and was worried it was a brown chick that had died It's still chicken, but of the 'cooked' variety. They love to peck the chicken bones from El Pollo Loco. Don't worry, it's no one they know. Meanwhile, giant mealworms are on the way via the mail! In a few days we'll have some quality Chicken Football.
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May 5, 2016 22:09
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Velvet Sparrow posted:It's still chicken, but of the 'cooked' variety. They love to peck the chicken bones from El Pollo Loco. 
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May 5, 2016 22:27
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Velvet Sparrow posted:It's still chicken, but of the 'cooked' variety. They love to peck the chicken bones from El Pollo Loco. 
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May 5, 2016 22:31
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Everything loves to eat chicken. Especially other chickens.
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May 6, 2016 02:38
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The chicks are going bananas for live mealworms right now 
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May 7, 2016 20:41
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spookygonk posted:The chicks are going bananas for live mealworms right now I ordered a big muslin sack of giant mealworms from Rainbow Mealworms, it's like crack for chickens. Yoya recognized the Magic Bag right off. 
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May 7, 2016 21:00
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Just checked the cam and they're growing up so fast!
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May 12, 2016 20:44
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Corn is being mobbed, and someone has a poopy butt. Edit: It's nap time now. 
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May 14, 2016 20:05
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That's Marshmallow with a fake poobutt, we checked her and it's just a stain.
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May 16, 2016 07:19
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Velvet Sparrow posted:That's Marshmallow with a fake poobutt, we checked her and it's just a stain. Fake Poopybutt. The newest trend with young chicks? 
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Vaga42Bond posted:Fake Poopybutt. The newest trend with young chicks? All the cool kids have one. Gonna get some new chick pics this weekend, the little suckers are pincushions what with new feathers coming in...bound to be tons of aggrieved yelling going on.
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The cam will be down for a bit while I clean the chick box...Yoya and the babies will be out in the small run for a couple of hours.
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May 29, 2016 20:44
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Looking at the cam now, the chicks are at that gangly stage now.
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spookygonk posted:Looking at the cam now, the chicks are at that gangly stage now. And yet they still stand on top of Yoya...Took a while to figure out what I was looking at, thought it was some sort of wrenched chicken neck protruding from her haha
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Just looking at the cam this evening and, goodness, they have grown and feathered up so much! Are they jumping out of the box yet?
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Jun 12, 2016 22:28
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Peeper and Milton are routinely out of the box. Alecto comes out occasionally. The rest don't seem to be overly interested. These are the most unadventurous chicks we've ever had. They're usually storming up and down the hallway as a group by now. Peepers has taken to following us into the kitchen and will come out and hang by the couch, particularly if someone has a doughnut. Anyway, the cam will be down for a bit today while we clean the box. The chicks and Yoya will be in the small outdoor run, braving the wind in the meantime.
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Welp, just days before everyone was scheduled to go out into the flock, Yoya decided she was DONE and started pecking the chicks non-stop. So she got the boot and is back out with the flock, the babies will join her this Saturday when they go out for good and we end Chickam for this year. So far we have three roos for sure: Marshmallow, Lenore and Milton (the bantam). These little guys will be rehomed along with any of the others we decide not to keep...for now we'll for sure be keeping Peepers and Bowie, we're undecided on the others. Marshmallow crowed last night and scared Peepers, who jumped up and ran around, which scared Marshmallow so badly he fell off the edge of the box, landing on his siblings...which scared EVERYONE & caused a total panic. I damned near laughed myself sick.
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Jun 29, 2016 00:48
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Ha, I think Yoya knew and wanted to make sure you knew it was time too. Pics soon, I hope?
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I started with 6 chicks in March, and one started crowing a month ago... so now we have 5 chickens left. They are all the same age, within a week of each other, 3 different breeds. One of them looks like a rooster, it is bigger, has the big comb (compared to its "sibling" which is smaller, and doesn't have a comb), has sleek feathers that shimmer in sunlight, and I'm pretty sure I have even seen it try to mount other chickens, twice. Yet it hasn't crowed. At this age, wouldn't it be crowing, if it were a male?
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Jun 29, 2016 01:50
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Some roosters are late bloomers. 
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Jun 29, 2016 16:37
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It seems Yoya was getting restless there that last couple of days. They all look so pretty with their feathers. Thank you for hosting Chickam again this year VS, 12_string and The Kid!
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Thanks again for another year of Chickam! Will you be going back to the Saturday Sched?
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Welp, just days before everyone was scheduled to go out into the flock, Yoya decided she was DONE and started pecking the chicks non-stop. So she got the boot and is back out with the flock, the babies will join her this Saturday when they go out for good and we end Chickam for this year. Velvet Sparrow posted:... for now we'll for sure be keeping Peepers and Bowie, we're undecided on the others.
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Fluff burbs
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Taking pictures today, clipping wings and kicking the peeps out into the cold, hard world of BIG chickens. We'll be taking down the cam after picture time, we'll resume Saturday Chickam broadcasts beginning next weekend, weather permitting (it's been hotter than the four hinges on the gates of Hell here this week, don't want to fry the equipment). Yoya won't likely take the chicks back under her wing when they go out even if they want to hang with her...but at least she'll be a familiar face.  We'll put out some corn & watermelon today & tomorrow to distract the adults from proving how tough they are & pecking the babies.Right now we have three roos to rehome for sure: Marshmallow, Lenore (gave him a break and started calling him Lenny) and Milton (the banty d'Uccle mix). Milton has been nicknamed 'The Squeaking Daisy' due to his high-pitched crow and the way his little cape feathers flare when he flares up at the other boys. Poor Milton.
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Milton has been nicknamed 'The Squeaking Daisy' due to his high-pitched crow and the way his little cape feathers flare when he flares up at the other boys.
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