Chick Update

It's been a busy Christmas and New Year period hence the lack of posts! This first post of the New Year is a Chick Update and a surprise *grin*

The chicks were born on the 28th of November and I was pleasantly surpised at how quickly they grew! We ended up with 3 chicks out of 7 that were viable. We lost some chicks due to our inexperience :( but we will know better next time. We also lost our first born chick as we left it with the hen and it had disappeared by the next morning :(

Two chicks were born on 28/11 and Number 3 came along a few days later. Here they are at one weekish old.

Here they are at two weeksish enjoying some outside time.

One month after they were born I put them in a secure pen inside the chicken yard so that the ladies (and Milton!) could get used to them before they joined the flock fully and yesterday they were integrated into the flock.

Axle and a hen check out the chicks "safe house"

And now for a surprise! As one of our hens was deterined to sit on eggs we put a duck egg underneath her and yesterday I went to the Hen House and found the following:

Too cute! We've put the duckling in the incubator and it is going great guns :)