I have been a chicken farmer for one whole month now. The chicks are getting bigger every day and I still adore them.
Things I love about them:
- Their curiosity.
- Their sweet peeping sounds.
- Soft feathers.
- When they are still in my hands as I hold them.
- That my children are learning to love and take care of them.
- I love that they get really excited when I come over to their bin and talk to them. They LOVE people.
- They love getting treats and will eat shredded cheese right out of my hands..its so cute!
Things I don’t like about them:
- Poop and all things chicken poop related.
- My fears I get about them all the time: Will the dog eat one? Will a hawk kill one? Will one of these turn out to be a rooster? Is it too cold for them? Is that poop on my carpet?
- Reminding my children to constantly wash their hands after hold them.
It has been 4 weeks since we brought home the baby chicks from the feed store. So it was time for a one month photoshoot..
We took them outside on a cool day. Ginger was cold I think because she started puffing up her chest feathers. I laughed so hard! It was seriously so cute.
Oh Ginger..you are too adorable!
By the way, taking pictures of chickens is really hard! They are shy naturally and want to either run away entirely or come right up to you in 2 seconds too close to your camera. They are constantly on the move.
Hello Roxie! Get off my lap and get back into the grass….I am trying to take your picture. 😉
Okay, so here are all 4 of our lovely chickens at 4 Weeks Old:
Every day we lock our dog Comet inside the house for a half an hour and take the chicks out to the yard to get them used to the weather. The picture above is where we will be clearing and adding the chicken coop to. It’s kind of a mess and we will have to clear all those rocks but it will be a perfect spot for their future home!
They are doing really well. Hope you enjoy this update!
About Karrie
Food is my love language. But so is saving money. So I like to combine the two a lot and make thrifty make ahead and freeze meals to save time. Because life is busy, and freezer meals can come to the rescue for all of us. And yes, they actually CAN taste good. Read more...
Comments & Reviews
Dana says
I have month old chicks as well… Put then out in their coop. They seem to enjoy it. Not exaggerating sure how to set this up
Timothy says
Hello Karrei,
My is Timothy and am from nigeria,is so nice to share your ideas on how to take care our little check,is very lucreative business i started very small at my back yard but now i have a very big pultry that. take upto 2000 chickens and am glad,
thank you somuch i have learnt something from you,
Timothy Nnaji
Lisa says
I just stumbled upon your blog and love your updates on your chicks! I have week old Rhode Island Reds and it is really neat to see what they will look like (kind of) in a few weeks! I agree with you on the poop – it never ends!
Dianna Burton says
Awesome, Karrie!!! Looking forward to sharing your wealth of knowledge!
Karrie says
Thanks Dianna!
Linda says
are chickens going to be layers or are they going to be part of chicken -n- dumplings? they are cute. When we had our 4 acre farm we raised chicks under an incobator. Have fun with them, I can see the kids enjoy their new pets:)
Karrie says
These will be our egg layers. I hope they don’t end up n a stew..we love them all too much.
Lisa says
So fun to watch them grow. I love your posts and information. You inspired us to get our own backyard chickens! My boys have never been so happy and in love!
Karrie says
How wonderful Lisa! Chickens are just too much fun, and so glad your family and boys love them. 🙂
Karen says
Love the chick updates. Too cute. 🙂
There was a story in our local paper about a farm that does farm stays and a customer taught him how to train his chickens. I had no idea chickens were trainable. Lol.
Karrie says
Really? What kinds of tricks? I want my chickens to be able to do a “happy chicken dance..” LOL!
Linda says
rabbits are trainable also. We had a pet rabbit we let run around the yard. I would hear the hawk above and hollar to Twilla. the rabbit was Twilla. Twilla the hawk and she would run from where ever she was hiding and go up to her rabbit cage and stay. She died a good old age enjoying her beautiful flower garden to run through
Karrie says
Aweee….that is so sweet!!!