got new chicks!!

[petal]

My little daughter(8) talked me into bringing 4 little R I R x light sussex chicks back with us from the Beds show today - they are now convinced she is their mother! If she leaves them - they chirp - Ha! She is in for a long night........! Immy says it is the best day of her life - god I hope they don't die !! Got heat lamp on them and they have an amazing appetite! I have told her if any are boys they get roasted - she was pretty cool about that!! I used to raise chicks(silkies) as a teenager, its taking me back! Feeling nostalgic..

[Nicos]

How lovely!!!!

[CoraxAurata]

Hope you'll put them on the 'Lets see how many chickens we have' thread..... we're nearly at 1000

[petal]

lets see if they live the night!

[Hilary B]

My little daughter(8) talked me into bringing 4 little R I R x light sussex chicks back with us from the Beds show today - they are now convinced she is their mother! If she leaves them - they chirp - Ha! She is in for a long night........! Immy says it is the best day of her life - god I hope they don't die !! Got heat lamp on them and they have an amazing appetite! I have told her if any are boys they get roasted - she was pretty cool about that!! I used to raise chicks(silkies) as a teenager, its taking me back! Feeling nostalgic..

RIR cockerel x LS hen is the classic 'sex linked cross'. Hen chicks are a much deeper 'gold' colour than cockerel chicks which are primrose pale.
If the cross was the other way around, they all turn out 'gold'.

[NSB]

I went to a show last weekend and came back with 2 ducklings!!!!

[HayleyB]

I'm not going to a show...............