Tiny chicks growing up

I meant to do an update on my smallest batch of chicks, showing how each one changed from one week to now; but I moved them outside before I could do that update. I don’t want to traumatize them by catching them all – it’s harder to do once they are out in the coop. I went to their coop with my camera and they were very curious; I think they were hopeful that I had some treats for them. Here are some cool pictures of the babies – they are now 6 weeks old.

Here you can see one of the Buff Brahmas (we have two this batch) along with a red chick and our little rooster who has a strange puff of feathers behind his comb. — Here you can see one of the Buff Brahmas on the left (we have two this batch) along with a red chick and our little rooster who has a strange puff of feathers behind his comb – this little rooster started crowing in the last week.

Here's our black Sumatra (I believe that's what he/she is - this is the escape artist) along with a gray/white chick and the rooster. — Here’s our Black Sumatra (I believe that’s what he/she is – this is the escape artist) along with a gray/white chick (the dorking, I think) and the rooster.

Here are my two Buff Brahmas — Here are my two small Buff Brahmas. I called these two “the twins” in the first photo shoot of them back in late April.

Here's my Sumatra, the dorking, and the red chick — Here’s my Sumatra (in front), the dorking, and the red chick.

Here's my brown speckled chick. He / she is a little more shy than some of the others. The rooster likes to be in pictures, so he's here too. — Here’s my brown speckled chick. He / she is a little more shy than some of the others. The rooster apparently likes to be in pictures, so he’s here too.

The whitish/grayish chick is a White Brahma, I believe. She has feathered legs like the other Brahmas. And the rooster is here too.

My white Brahma and my red chick. — My white Brahma and my red chick, and a Brahma behind them.

They are getting big. I’m a little more able to tell what kind they are. A few of them I’m still not so sure (even with the “teenager” chicks I still have no idea, and they are pretty much adults).

As you can see in some of the pictures above, my adult ladies were watching the photo shoot, wondering if I had any treats for them as well. Here they are:

My “teen” chicks were inside the coop eating instead of watching the photo shoot, so I didn’t get pictures of them today. They have been getting along better with the adults, but they still keep to themselves as a group instead of mingling with the adult hens.

daphnecybele June 3, 2015 / 8:46 pm

Adorable chicks and lovely hens. We have some around the same age, and then some barred rocks a few weeks older (a month older) and they stay apart in separate groups while living in the same coop. I hope they grow up to mingle a bit more. I have a crowing young rooster in the 7-8 week olds too. Precocious. Not too loud yet.

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