tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10395078285952162152012-02-16T02:00:57.508-08:00Skyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09646491711039737263noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039507828595216215.post-91968923984288732302009-02-28T07:26:00.000-08:002009-02-28T10:45:36.558-08:00The chicks are now two weeks old, and they have been growing unbelievably fast! They are so much bigger than they were a week and a half ago, and they all have tail feathers now. Their wing feathers are growing, too (you can feel when you pick them up), and you can just see a little tinge of red on the combs of a couple of them.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307872862257663458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SalaPvPNzeI/AAAAAAAAACM/ABBdk_8LTbI/s320/cluster.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SalaPcbEyzI/AAAAAAAAACE/fKWmul1-fY8/s1600-h/supper.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307872857207130930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SalaPcbEyzI/AAAAAAAAACE/fKWmul1-fY8/s320/supper.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SalaPN-SHaI/AAAAAAAAAB8/o41wf7t24I4/s1600-h/2weeks.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307872853328272802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 314px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SalaPN-SHaI/AAAAAAAAAB8/o41wf7t24I4/s320/2weeks.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SalaPHq4ijI/AAAAAAAAAB0/hUTwIdYliOE/s1600-h/eating.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307872851636292146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SalaPHq4ijI/AAAAAAAAAB0/hUTwIdYliOE/s320/eating.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div></div><br /><p>This is the chicks' new feeder. It is much bigger and they have gotten to the point where they all want to eat at once and they are too big to do that. </p><p>They are getting so big!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1039507828595216215-9196892398428873230?l=skyes-chicken-run.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Skyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09646491711039737263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039507828595216215.post-40727584175559855352009-02-21T13:59:00.000-08:002009-02-21T14:02:11.830-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SaB51flK-MI/AAAAAAAAABs/RIjGTOrTCCU/s1600-h/DSC_4305.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305374320959879362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SaB51flK-MI/AAAAAAAAABs/RIjGTOrTCCU/s400/DSC_4305.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SaB5016nT5I/AAAAAAAAABk/HCle17AhBWs/s1600-h/DSC_4306.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305374309775527826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SaB5016nT5I/AAAAAAAAABk/HCle17AhBWs/s400/DSC_4306.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SaB504KNtmI/AAAAAAAAABc/dzN-Vg4cNNk/s1600-h/DSC_4310.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305374310377829986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SaB504KNtmI/AAAAAAAAABc/dzN-Vg4cNNk/s400/DSC_4310.JPG" border="0" /></a> These are the chick's one week pictures! Most were hatched last Saturday, but a few hatched Sunday. Hooray!</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1039507828595216215-4072758417555985535?l=skyes-chicken-run.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Skyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09646491711039737263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039507828595216215.post-18466388248453198032009-02-18T16:21:00.001-08:002009-02-18T16:23:54.898-08:00Our chickens are here!!!!!!! We have ten four-day old cuckoo maran chicks! I am so happy!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304297443252449842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SZyma9gTMjI/AAAAAAAAABM/cMav3dlJOxo/s400/DSC_4290.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SZymao7rmDI/AAAAAAAAABE/puBEhN_8nDg/s1600-h/DSC_4292.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304297437730150450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SZymao7rmDI/AAAAAAAAABE/puBEhN_8nDg/s400/DSC_4292.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SZymaevOR2I/AAAAAAAAAA8/9ucap-VIepc/s1600-h/DSC_4295.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304297434993543010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SZymaevOR2I/AAAAAAAAAA8/9ucap-VIepc/s400/DSC_4295.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1039507828595216215-1846638824845319803?l=skyes-chicken-run.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Skyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09646491711039737263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039507828595216215.post-62665192747938574232009-02-17T14:59:00.001-08:002009-02-17T14:59:38.481-08:00The chicks hatched over the weekend! Hopefully we will get some today!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1039507828595216215-6266519274793857423?l=skyes-chicken-run.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Skyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09646491711039737263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039507828595216215.post-62110235347651918152009-02-09T17:38:00.000-08:002009-02-09T17:48:28.219-08:00We will hopefully be getting cuckoo maran chicks in about nine days. The power was out in the incubator for about thirty six hours, but one of the eggs was cracked open and there was a living chick inside.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SZDcNbJvBdI/AAAAAAAAAAs/klJzQfJkwso/s1600-h/Cuckoo_Maran_chicks.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300978884600071634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 251px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SZDcNbJvBdI/AAAAAAAAAAs/klJzQfJkwso/s320/Cuckoo_Maran_chicks.jpg" border="0" /></a> These are what the babies will look like^<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SZDcNDYY6XI/AAAAAAAAAAk/FlsOyKYiGfM/s1600-h/cuckoo+maran.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300978878219086194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SZDcNDYY6XI/AAAAAAAAAAk/FlsOyKYiGfM/s320/cuckoo+maran.jpg" border="0" /></a> The black-circled chicken belongs to the Linkers and is a cuckoo maran.<br /><br /><div><span> </span><span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1039507828595216215-6211023534765191815?l=skyes-chicken-run.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Skyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09646491711039737263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039507828595216215.post-17460891532050816822009-02-08T15:06:00.000-08:002009-02-08T15:26:42.392-08:00Hooray! Today we went to visit the people we will be getting chicks from, the Linkers. They have many eggs in their incubator. We will get half a dozen chicks in about ten days! I can't wait!<br /><br />Here are some photos of the Linker's chickens.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300571220380817922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SY9pcPl1GgI/AAAAAAAAAAc/LU_VQD0wf9Q/s320/chickens.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"> Chickens^<br /></p><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SY9pb8prSZI/AAAAAAAAAAU/Czp10hWtFek/s1600-h/chickenhouse.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300571215296678290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SY9pb8prSZI/AAAAAAAAAAU/Czp10hWtFek/s320/chickenhouse.JPG" border="0" /></a> Chicken house^<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SY9pbgtTndI/AAAAAAAAAAM/w8v5DtQpUdU/s1600-h/a+and+chicken.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300571207795711442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CJIk5qDvxRE/SY9pbgtTndI/AAAAAAAAAAM/w8v5DtQpUdU/s320/a+and+chicken.JPG" border="0" /></a></p></div><p align="center">me with a chicken^</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1039507828595216215-1746089153205081682?l=skyes-chicken-run.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Skyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09646491711039737263noreply@blogger.com0