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We ordered 40 more Cornish Cross meat chicks to arrive yesterday so I enlisted some helpers to pick them up and install them into their new home with me. Here are my nieces, Emma and Elle, at the post office with our new shipment of chicks. The girls were still stymied as to why on earth we got our chicks from the post office.
Emma, in pink, really wanted to touch them but ultimately lost her nerve. Next thing I heard was "you touch them Elle. I think you'll like them."
We unloaded them while counting how many we got this time. Last time we conveniently forgot to count for extras during the unloading phase. Much harder to count them when they are running around. 43 was our total, the hatchery sent two packing peanuts.
One forgets just how tiny they are when they arrive as two day old chicks. Hard to believe our last batch yielded some 8.75 pounders. The girls wondered why we got more so I told them we would eat them when they got bigger. Elle said "That's GROSS!" I promised not to eat them until they weren't cute anymore. Neither girl understands they concept that the grocery store stocks chicken that used to look like this too. How wonderful it would be to be three again.
Hi Heather, you can send chicks via the post office? We can't do that here. These chicks reminds me of when I was a little kid, I used to help my grandma rear chickens, ducks and turkeys from chicks and ducklings. We rear a few of them at a time. The saddest part was helping my grandma slaughter them when they were old enough to eat.
ReplyDeleteThe chicks and your nieces are adorable, Heather! Thank goodness the chicks stop looking adorable before freezer time...
ReplyDeleteIt's always nice to have little helpers (and I especially have a soft spot for twin helpers). My two would love the little peeps but would rebel at eating them. Thank goodness the chicks do grow out of that sweet puffball phase before harvest time...
ReplyDeleteHard to believe the girls didn't just scoop them up. My grand daughters couldn't resist giving ours a big squeeze.
ReplyDeleteIt was my son-in-law that chickened out. Big tough guy had more than enough when one got away without her head at slaughter time. I'm still laughing at that.
Heather,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I am jealous as heck. Both cute, the chicks and the nieces!
Congratulations on winning the seeds at Miss daisy's. Lucky!
Rosey
All your chicks are cute.
ReplyDeleteAnd the girls will stay cute much longer than the chickens!!
Oh My! More chickens! I think the nieces are adorable. Let's see who grows the fastest..haha!
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of chicken! Your nieces are very cute, I bet they love coming to visit you.
ReplyDeleteYou must be feeling better about the meat chickens. Good for you!
ReplyDeleteI think I can finally post on google friend connect. I had a virus & had to wipe the computer & install everything, including some new updates & patches, YAY!!!
ReplyDeleteAnyhoo, GREAT post! We're hoping to butcher ours in less than a month!
Oh, in my excitement to be able to post- I forgot to say BEAUTIFUL littl'uns (the kiddos, not the chicks, LOL)
ReplyDeleteThey are SOOO cute! The girls and the chickies :)
ReplyDeleteHeather, my nephew and niece like these chicks but because of their carelessness they die. so i discourage them. But both the girls and chicks are so cute.
ReplyDeleteI have such fond memories of raising 25 chickens with my kids. Have fun. It's good to understand where healthy, real food comes from.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my Seedscatterer Blog. I have a chicken story on a more obscure blog that I sometimes add to, and my son's story about the duck. I hope you'll find them amusing.
ReplyDeleteClick on my name to read them (I hope).
I just purchased two meat chickens (dressed and ready for the freezer) from the granddaughter of our farmer friend. She won first place at our local fair with them. I weighed the one before I popped it in and was 8.5 lb.!! I think it is great you are raising more. Have you gone through your last batch already? Are you selling any of the meat?
ReplyDeleteYour helpers are adorable!!
blond twin nieces and blond chicks! double cuteness!
ReplyDeleteCute nieces -- love their matching "smiles" in that first photo. I still look forward to raising chickens for eggs and love monitoring the progress and building that you do for your chickens.
ReplyDeleteElle is clearly contemplating great ideas in the last picture. And, although I always appreciate your comments, please don't stop by my blog for the latest post; otherwise, I'll never live it down. Thank you. ;->
ReplyDeleteHow cute...and those little cotton top heads!!!
ReplyDeleteThey are ADORABLE. We went to a farm over the weekend and they were selling chicks $2/piece. My daughter begged and begged for one. I remained strong. We already have a food chain going in our home and adding another one to the equation was not tempting to me! So are you raising these to eat? We love cornish game hens! My husband has a fantastic recipe. But I don't think I could eat them after raising them. I get too attached as I see their personalities flourish.
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