Chick Pics: Silkies

Chick Pics

Chicks love Boy

Roosting on Boy

Theodore is watching Boy play his game.

Cheeks doing his happy Chicken dance.

Simon

Simon

Theodore

Theodore

Theodore

NoWay and Dave

NoWay and Dave

Dave

Chick Pic(s) of the Day

Boy playing DS with Simon

Boy and Simon are buddies

NoWay and Chicks watching Boy play DS

Dave, NoWay, Theodore, Simon, Boy

Snuggles

Chicks like cuddling up to NoWay, when he can hold still...

Simon napping on Boy's shoulder

Simply Simon

Simon 1/6/11 Put out about being taken away from food.

looking for a way to escape

Beautiful face markings

Simon is our smartest, fastest, and least people-oriented chick, at least, until you pick him/her up-- then everything's coming up roses!

Green legs

Ahhhh... a nice warm nap. No chicken can resist my always-hot hands!

Beautiful feathers coming in

Chick Pic of the Day

NoWay holding Dave, Boy holding Simon and Theodore-- Bunny ears for the chicks!

Chick Pic of the Day

Cheeks with Dave (don't worry, Mom, this is the closest to holding him he got!)

Pictures Galore

I need to make one correction-- "Dave" actually hatched from a blue egg from the second seller, not the first.

Dave (2nd seller)

Alvin, the smallest chick, still looking a little icky from his rough entry (stupid incubator) 1st seller.

Theodore (2nd seller)

Theodore looking cheeky (2nd seller)

Left to right-- Dave, Simon (top), Alvin (bottom), Theodore

Left to right-- Dave, Simon (top), Alvin (bottom), Theodore

Cheeks watching the chicks

Theodore and Simon are best buddies. Theodore has really dark feet and legs.

Theodore, Simon, Alvin

Dave (bottom) and Alvin (top)

Dave (bottom) and Alvin (top)

Cheeks and NoWay watching Chicken TV

Update: ALVIN!

Alvin in the brooder gets knocked down and shivers.

We have a third chick today. It was a tricky situation, as the humidity in the incubator has always been an issue and it was much worse (apparently) this morning. I found a chick pipped, zipped, and stuck in the egg. With a warm and wet paper towel I was able to assist the chick in surviving. I hate doing that, but I couldn't stand back and let it die.

The boys have named him/her Alvin (we now have Alvin, Simon, and Theodore). I honestly don't know if it's going to make it. Right now I have had to put it back in the incubator because the older and stronger chicks won't let it near enough to the lamp to stay warm.

Other than the problems it had because of the incubator, it is a beautiful little chick. I really hope it makes it.

Alvin is from egg 11 from my first seller-- which, I think, is why it is such a pretty chick. It's a fighter, for sure, or it would never have made it this long.

Alvin doesn't open its eyes.

I do have one other pip in the incubator thus far, but it hasn't made any progress in about five hours, so I am very doubtful that it will go anywhere.

I keep hoping that we will end up with a few more chicks. Three out of the sixteen eggs that went into lock down are not enough!

Cheeks being an egg. Just added this because he's so cute.