The chicks have arrived

The 12 little chicks are now happily pecking around in their pen. When they got here, I carefully took each one our of the box and dipped their beaks in the waterer. Since there is no mother hen they each have to be shown where the water and food are. After they drank, I repeated the effort with the food. Then I sat down and watched them. It is really funny to see them running around chasing after each other. There are 6 Rhode Island Reds and 6 Americaunas. I have not raised Americaunas before but was intrigued with the thought that they lay green or blue eggs. That will be in about 3 months. Until them we will watch their progress and also watch our MinPin to make sure he doesn't snack on the birds.