Backyard Poultry
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| Dandy Greens Snack |
At the start, these chicks seemed to double in size every day. At least in terms of housing! By the third day I’d made the first of half a dozen expansion boxes for the growing chicks. The feathers came out even faster, displacing lots of powdery down, which somehow settled all over the living room . . . It was worth it to watch the miracle of those tiny chicks though! They loved nibbling these chopped dandelion greens from our hands, which has given them a life-long love of all green plants.
5 comments:
You were keeping them in the living room?? How well did that work?
They look enthusiastic about eating...
I guess they gave up on the croutons!
Beautiful red color with the tiny yellow beaks!
Yes, we did actually have the chicks in the living room for the first few days, mainly to keep them warm enough since I was just using regular lightbulbs for heat. The smell and mess soon became a problem, though, and we moved them out. This year I got a real brooder light so I could keep them on the porch.
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