Chicky Babies

Mark has been throwing around the idea of getting chickens pretty much since we moved into this house. The problem is we are not set up to keep chickens in our yard. Once he had Emmrey all excited about it, there was no hearing the end of it. We came up with a compromise. We would raise the chicks until they could no longer be in the coop in our basement and then have them go to our friends farm. Chick Day was March 24th. We picked up three Ameraucana babies. We bought all the supplies. 

However, Emm purchased the chicks with her own money:)

One of the first items of business was to paint a nail on each of them so she could tell them apart.

Meet Betty, Peaches and Omelette.....

Emmrey had done some research and was well prepared to be a chicky mama. Between daily food, water and changing out the bedding, she learned quickly that they were quite a bit of work. They were fun to have around and I got used to the constant chirping in the basement. At about 6 weeks they were outgrowing their space and were starting to "fly" around enough that it was becoming clear they needed outdoor living. Before we sent them off, Emm took them out for a little photo shoot with Stewy.
They weren't sure what to think of each other.