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The baby chickens arrived

Posted 8/13/2008 9:13pm by Renee Savary.

Snack time 3 days old

Today is a good day to start a blog !!

My first 50 chickens arrived ... they are totally cute ...

I got two different breeds, 25 Dominique and 25 Rhode Island Red, both are heritage breeds, meaning they are old breeds that have not been genetically modified for fast confinement production !!!

I got them through US mail .. pretty amazing to me … all squeezed next to each other to keep warm … I was ready for them when I got home from the post office … as soon as we put them in their space they run for food and water, I had read that when you get them out of the box, they need some time to adapt … not those ones … they were
ready for snacks … and they are still snacking !!!

They are getting organic starter feed and of course because it is organic the feed does not contain any medicine or other scary stuff … That was my biggest problem to resolve when I decided to get the chickens, to find feed without medication and organic … nobody is doing it around here … sad !!!

Chickens 3 days old

Now, what they don’t say in the books … those little things are very noisy !! well I guess 50 girls in a pool what was I expecting ??? and yes they are in the house … I need to keep them at 95F for now, so not sure how I will sleep …

I will keep you posted ...

in the meantime if you are interested check those links to learn more about heritage breed :

http://albc-usa.org/

a few month from now that is what they will look like ....

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/poultry/chickens/dominiques/index.htm

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/poultry/chickens/rhodeislandred/index.htm

Tags: chickens, heritage breed, pastured

6 Comments »

Claudia said,

8/14/2008 @ 8:48 am

I love them! They are totally adorable! I can't believe they came via the post office!

francine michel said,

8/14/2008 @ 12:09 pm

ils sont trop mignons mais espère que la nuit ils dorment car dans la maison bonjour les nuits blanches

Bill Waechter said,

8/15/2008 @ 1:00 pm

Yes they are cute. Reminds me when I brought 12 Koi fish home in a plastic bag from Tokyo, they all lived.
Yoour pix are wonderful.
Regards, Bill

Laura said,

8/15/2008 @ 1:43 pm

Hi Renee,
Your website looks great.
Congratus to you and all the chicks!

Lourdes said,

8/19/2008 @ 6:44 am

Hi Renee:
They are adorable...I see the family keeps growing! Congrats on your website...

Anita said,

9/3/2008 @ 8:45 am

Your new babies are lovely! Can't wait to see them in person -- got to visit you soon!