Meet our THIRTEEN new baby chicks!
We are so excited to have these new additions to our 'farm'....we now have 13 baby chicks.
We have been talking about getting chickens for about a year...and we were planning on getting 5 or 6....and then we found out Lola's kindergarten class was going to be hatching chicken eggs...and would need to have a place for them to go. SO....we decided to take those chicks instead of getting our own! They are banty chicks. (spelling?) Which means that they are small!
The class actually had 28 eggs to start with....but only 13 of the chicks hatched AND survived. (phew) 12 is about our max capacity in our chicken coop.
We picked up the chicks one week ago today (when they were about 5 or 6 days old).
Lola is SO proud....and has been an excellent 'mother hen'.
She picks them up every chance she gets.
Cruz also LOVES the chicks, and every time we get them out, he promptly sits on the ground and waits for me to put one on his lap!
Although this picture looks a little bit like this kitty is going to EAT the baby chick...
they have been getting along very well.
The kitties don't seem to be too concerned with the chicks....
Fluffy, however, would LOVE to pounce on them and have a snack.
(We take considerable measures to protect our 13 little ones).
Ahh...the kitty being a little nicer......
The chicks are SO cute.
This white one is my favorite....and is named "Snowball"
(hopefully it is not a rooster....)
Keaton does not care to HOLD the chicks but he does the chicken chores every day (changing their food and water) and is a very good little farmer.
And... our term for doing chicken chores is to
"cluck the chickens"
(Big thanks to The Office...)
So, every morning before school,
Keaton heads to the garage to
"cluck the chickens" and "meow the kitties".
LOVE IT.
The previous pictures were taken last weekend...here is a picture with Lola and a chick yesterday! They have already grown SO much!
We are so excited to have the 'start' of our little animal farm.
I love the chicks more than I even thought I would!
The first thing I do in the morning is go out the garage and check the kitties AND chicks! FUN. Big thanks to Lola's kindergarten class for this baker's dozen!
(and if any of you want to come and visit our 18 little baby animals....let me know....we would be happy to show off our newest family members!)
Hello from Mrs. Tujesch's class (and Lola's) We looked at your pictures today and the students were very excited to see their 13 friends. Harley, Carter, Lola, Mia, Madelyn, Olivia, Noah, Aiden, Caleb, Mollie, Zean, Connor, Nicholas, Ethyn, Avery Haliegh and Amyra loved the picture of Cruz and the baby chick! Jayden, Max, Jacob and Meredith loved the picture of the kitten appearing to "eat" our chick. OH NO!!
ReplyDeleteMrs. Tujetsch loves all of the pictures! Thanks for making such a good home for our baby chicks! Keep us posted.