Trip And Baby Chicks

[baymule]

Friday the 22nd, I got 50 Delaware baby chicks. I got back from the Post Office with a cheeping box and started putting them in the brooder. I could see Trip at the gate, he abandoned his sheep, there was something going on! I thought he needed to be a part of the process, so I let him out. He bee-lined straight to the porch and was sniffing the brooder with a quizzical look on his face when I caught up to him. I got one out and held it cupped in my hands. Parker was excited too, he already knows about baby chicks and he never gets tired of them. Parker just adores baby chicks!

I love my brooder! We got it off Craigslist for $100!!! No more chicks in boxes in the house!

WHAT ARE THESE????

NOSE BUMP. NOSE BUMP. NOSE BUMP. NOSE BUMP. Can I have it? Can I huh? Huh? Huh?

You mean you knew about baby chicks and you never TOLD ME??

I'm not sure what these things are, but they sure are tiny. I bet they need protection.

I'm still not sure what they are, but whatever they are, Mom likes them, so they are MINE!

Trip wouldn't leave the porch when I called him. I finally had to go take his collar to get him off the porch. Now when I let him out for play time in the mornings, I prop the screen door open and he runs straight to the porch to check on the baby chicks. Gotta love this dog!

Later that day, my husband went to the feed store for me to get a chick waterer, the one I had wouldn't fit in the brooder. My grand daughter and I had been there the day before and she admired the baby chicks. I told her the Ameracaunas laid colored eggs and she was enchanted. Well......my darling husband got her six of them, so now we have 56 baby chicks! She was here Sunday, cuddling baby chicks all afternoon.

 

[so lucky]

How cute! Your grand daughter has her Grandpa's eyes.

 

[Ridgerunner]

56 chicks? That's a lot. I'm sure you have plans for all of them.

I hatched these 19 Friday/Saturday. All of them came from blue or green eggs. They are now in my brooder in the coop.

 

[baymule]

@Ridgerunner that is a nice batch of chicks! I got straight run, I'll butcher the extra roosters, but save one or two for making more baby chicks!

 

[journey11]

How cute. I don't think that is the first time we've seen a pic of your granddaughter putting a chick on your DH's head. Seems like just the obvious thing to do with one.

I LOVE your brooder! I need to get myself something like that.

 

[Nyboy]

Big smile on your granddaughters face, must have made the move there worth it. Great CL find is it made from stainless steel? If it is will last for ever. I have cages made from stainless steel over 30 years old that look like the day I bought them.

 

[baymule]

Haha. I have offered her $20 before if she could get one to poop on Papaw's head!

The brooder appears to be made of galvanized metal. I just know I love it! Changing the papers used to be a huge mess. They walked in their poop, scratched the papers to bits, spilled water and feed and then I had to slide fresh papers under their little dirty birdie feet. Plus Parker, who absolutely LOVES baby chicks would be crawled up my back when I leaned in to replace papers. Try doing all that with a 110 pound dog climbing up your back. Yes, I love my brooder.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

my local feed store has that exact type of brooder setup. they have 6 compartments though with theirs.

 

[baymule]

my local feed store has that exact type of brooder setup. they have 6 compartments though with theirs.

I have always admired brooders and found this one on Craigslist for a hundred bucks! Just one section, new is $240! And I got 3 sections plus the roller base. YAHOO!!

 

[Carol Dee]

Great find. Great pics. I love the last one with Papa and Granddaughter.