14 chickens
Wednesday Feb 13, 2008
When I last wrote about chickens, we had nine chicks indoors and four hens outdoors. Last week I came home from work and was looking at the indoor chicks in their 2' W × 4' L × 2' H box and noticed a little black chick. To this I said "Where the heck did that come from?" I was told it was a silver laced Wyandotte pullet (female chick). Karen knows she's going to have to get rid of the new roosters at some point, so she wanted one more hen. Okaaay.
At first, the little chick seems quite wary of the much larger and older chicks, and got chased around by a Rhode Island Red rooster. But by the next morning, she seemed to have settled in and started hanging out with the larger chicks and keeping warm. She particularly liked our largest chick, which we think is a Buff Orpington rooster. She even roosts with the larger chicks. Also, she really stands out as the other chicks are buff and red and she's black with a bit of silver. Pretty cute.
The older chicks have a few weeks before it's warm enough for them to go live outside. We're not sure how this will work with the little Wyandotte, who may not be old enough to go outside yet. When we've taken the older chicks outside for a few hours, the poor little Wyandotte makes lots of noise and really misses her friends.
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