Tuesday Daily Dose of Cute:Chicken Snacks (Not a Recipe)

Stre-e-e-e-tch

© Copyright 2008 FarmgirlFare.com, where yes, we sometimes feed our chickens stale crackers - and that bright yellow comb sprouting out of this little chick's head is one of those rooster signs I was talking about. There's still hope for a hen, but right now it's not looking too good. Bummer - for him and us.

Tuesday Daily Dose of Cute:Learning to Fly (And Tilt Your Head)

Cheeky & Her Chick on a Perch In The Henhouse

© Copyright 2008 FarmgirlFare.com, the award-winning blog where the three chicks who hatched last month are at that cute but scraggly stage, somewhere between ball of fluff and full of feathers - and so far none of them are showing signs of being roosters! But of course it's still early.

Saturday Daily Dose Of Cute

Somebody Answered The Ad!

Actually there have been two responses so far, but the other interested party is a little camera shy and was hiding under its mother when this picture was taken.

© Copyright 2008 FarmgirlFare.com, the award-winning blog where the chickens have decided that the first batch of Daily Dose Of Cute photos had way too much wool, so the second series is going to be full of fluff and feathers - even if it did require sitting on a pile of eggs for three and a half weeks (and sneaking photos up a day late).

Thursday Daily Dose Of Cute: Country Classifieds

Single Chick Seeks Companion Of Like Size & Species

© Copyright 2008 FarmgirlFare.com, the award-winning blog where it's always more fun (and more cute!) with friends, but at least if you're the only kid you don't have to fight anybody for the landing pad - and you get all of mom's attention.

Sunday Farm Photo: Chick Days Are Here!

A little freshly picked arugula while you wait?

Three weeks ago, two of Whitey's chicks—who are now grown-up hens and laying little brown eggs of their own—decided they were in the mood for motherhood, so they each settled down on a pile of eggs in side-by-side nesting boxes for the 21-day incubation period. (Did you miss Whitey Watch last year? You'll find links to all of Whitey's 2007 baby chick posts at the bottom of this page.)

8:56 am this morning



11:06 am

1:36 pm

Yesterday three chicks hatched but there was something wrong with them and all three died. Fortunately things are going much better today. This little bundle of fluff belongs to Cheeky (the hen on the left), who isn't in the picture because I had to briefly relocate her in order to check on what was happening underneath her. That didn't make her happy. Fortunately I was wearing thick gloves.

There are six more eggs under Cheeky and four more under the other hen (whose name is still being decided), so cross your feathers that this chirping little cutie pie will have some siblings soon - and that we don't end up with another bunch of roosters!

The chicks all started last year with Whitey:
5/12/07: Whitey's Gone Broody
6/1/07: Whitey Gets Her Wish
6/4/07: Peep! Peep! Peep!
6/2/07: It's Been Quite A Chick-Filled Day
6/5/07: I'm Just Wai-tin' On A Friend
6/17/07: Whitey & Her Baby Chicks
6/19/07: Caution - Foodie Forming
8/2/07: Wall Inspection & Farmgirl Inspection
8/3/07: Baby's First Perch
8/4/07: Baby's First Dustbath
8/5/07: Mother As Landing Pad
8/9/07: Little Rooster Showin' Some Style

© FarmgirlFare.com, the fine feathered foodie farm blog where no eggs, chicks, chickens, or farmgirls were harmed during the taking of these photos (thanks to the gloves), but Cheeky got so pissed off while being gently removed from her eggs that she started screeching like The Alien. And that was a little bit scary.