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Chicks!

18 years ago

I decided to raise a few (20) chickens this year to butcher in the Fall. I picked up 5 each of 4 different breeds yesterday. It'll be interesting to see how it goes this Summer.

Most of the kids were home for dinner yesterday. Of course, they got into the spirit of the whole thing by thinking up appropriate names for them. we have Chicken Enchilada, Chicken Nugget, Chicken Fajita. You get the idea.

Our 3 year old DGD was enjoying watching them ysterday.

Ron

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Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
18 years ago
Ron, I couldn't eat anything that has a name. Just give them a number. LOL!

Gayle
maryanntx
18 years ago
They are so cute when they're little!
Now, do you remember all their names and who they belong to? *S*

Jammer wants us to build a pen and get some laying hens so we can have fresh, organic eggs.
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sue_va
18 years ago
Oh, I thought you were calling out all us cute chicks!

Only names I can think of would be Chicken Little aka Henny Penny.

Sue
maryanntx
18 years ago
LOL Sue! I thought at first he meant us Biker chicks!
lindyluwho
18 years ago
Now, Ron, get real. You KNOW you won't be allowed to EAT those chicks. But just think how good the fresh eggs will be.

Linda
mariend
18 years ago
They are so cute when they are little, but please do watch the little one breathing the stuff, fuzz and other things from these babies. They do carry all sorts of nasty germmies. If she does pick up any,PLEASE wash her hands well. That is the one thing my grandparents stress many years ago when I had baby chicks. Also you will notice dust all over everything if you keep them in the house. We had to borrow a thing with light, heat as they get quite cold --very fast. And we could not put them outside in the pen, as we still had a late spring snow storm--IN CALIF-- Boy did the room get dirty and "stinky". Sure glad they were outside when we could get them out. Our dog thought so also--except he was unhappy to see ""his""chicken dinner go.
Pieonear
18 years ago
What cuties, but especially the little chick on the right!
liz
18 years ago
ahhhh...this brings back memories...i remember Mom getting her baby chickens...they grow up so fast...I still have a couple of the old water troughs around here...the kind you stuck a mayo or mason jar on...
uxorial
18 years ago
AWWWW! It seems like just a few weeks ago that my chicks looked like that! :)
gadgets
18 years ago
Once little ones see those baby chicks, they automatically become 'pets'. And we don't eat pets, do we? LOL

Shirley

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