Meet My Quarantine Chicks!

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We were bored in the house, and in the house bored. So we decided to get CHICKENS!!!

I went, alone, to Tractor Supply to get dog food, and I walked out with four chicks! I think Cody just about died when I called him. Oops!

We got two Silver Laced Wyandotte’s, Lacey and Ella (or Kylo Hen as we like to call her), and two Ameracauna chicks, Lucy and Emily. Both breeds are known for being calm, and good overall family farm birds. Unfortunately, one of our Ameracauna’s, Emily, didn’t make it.

Here is one of our babies, Lacey, when they first came home! So tiny and fluffy!

Becoming a chicken owner is definitely something you should think about BEFORE you get them. We really had so much to learn, but over time, and after losing one, we definitely learned a lot!

These babies grow SO FAST!

With in a few weeks they had doubled in size. From a little fluff ball that would fit in the palm of my hand, to an almost full sized bird who wanted to roost on my arm, we knew we needed to get working on our chicken coop! Here is Lacey at 3 weeks old:

She started getting her feathers which meant we could start to lower the temp in the brooder. The brooder is the little bin that they stay in until they are fully feathered.

Not long after they started getting their big bird feathers, did they begin to want to fly. Yes, I said fly. I didn’t realize they could get as much air as they did. We didn’t initially keep a lid on the brooder, because when they’re not feathered, they don’t even attempt to “fly”. Right around 5 weeks is when they were ready to get out and explore!

I went back to work after having these babies for a few weeks, but my flock was about to get bigger! We added three Silkie chicks! They’re names are Piper, Penny and Fancy. Fancy is actually a showgirl Silky, so her neck and her bum is naked.

I could go on and on about their cute little faces, but I would never stop writing.

On my next post, I’m going to show you our next step in “chicken farming”, the coop!

I’ll share more about my other birds in the next post, because my flock just keeps growing!

Here’s one more picture for the road! (;

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24 thoughts on “Meet My Quarantine Chicks!”

  2. Marissa, they are adorable!! I love how you can now share the process of them growing with all of us. What a bunch of cuties. Chickens are a lot of work but they make much better pets than people realize. They’re very smart and will make you laugh! ♥

    Many blessings to you & your family!

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  3. HA! I took an embryology class in undergrad and brought three baby chicks home. They got out of their box the first night and man, did they make a MESS! After an intense clean up, I gave them to a local farmer. It looks as if you’re far better prepared!

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  11. Your chicks are so adorable! My family used two have 2 pet chickens but they were already fully grown when we got them, so we never saw them as fluffy chicks. It sounds like these will keep you busy during quarantine!

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  12. I have grown up on a farm setup and we always have chickens. I love them…so much I name some of them haha
    This was such a fun post to read.

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