Some chicks

Such cuties! They arent skittish at all, they just chill out on your shoulder like a parrot.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...m/CIMG6398.jpg

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Just got them yesterday, need to clean them up.

Note: Thats not what they are kept in, they have an outsde pen, and an inside pen. They arent for food (snake or human lol), they will be pampered pets.

They might look good on a skillet

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Originally Posted by Snikt228

They might look good on a skillet

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not cool man, I'd be very unhappy if you were talkin'bout killing and frying my critters.

Awww they are so cute and fluffy...what kind are they?

Very cool good to see people branching out to other types of pets

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Originally Posted by Snikt228

They might look good on a skillet

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Was that really appropriate? :colbert:

Cute chicks right there! I'm getting some chickens soon, I'll have to take pics of them when they get here! :D

Come on, it's a joke

They are pretty neat looking :) I too am foraying into chicken keeping, after getting the little cawk-fighting-operation refugee hen we have now..

They are adorable. I had a chick fall asleep in my hands because they were warm. It was so cute. I don't think I'd ever keep chickens because I don't ever think I'll have the space but they are cute when they are little.

are you keeping them for their eggs? thats the only reason i see for keeping them or am i missing something.....other than feeding them to larger snakes ( i know you are not doing this but its just a point)

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Originally Posted by NickMyers03

are you keeping them for their eggs? thats the only reason i see for keeping them or am i missing something.....other than feeding them to larger snakes ( i know you are not doing this but its just a point)

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They are just awesome animals.
I used to have one that would come to me, and would sit on my shoulder like a parrot, but when we moved to the city i had to rehome her.
We moved back to the country and i wanted some more.

Ive always loved chickens.

well it sounds like they are going to have a great home!

How big of a coop do you have for them? I am in the middle of designing something, and am really at a loss. All of the people I know just let them roam their barns.. I want more of a contained approach to keeping the ones I will be getting.
Or are yours free-ranging?

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How big of a coop do you have for them? I am in the middle of designing something, and am really at a loss. All of the people I know just let them roam their barns.. I want more of a contained approach to keeping the ones I will be getting.
Or are yours free-ranging?

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No, they cant be.
My dogs are killers. Right now as chicks they are in a 4x6x6 outside, and inside they have a 2x4x2.
I'm making a 6 tall x12 long x10 wide coop for them.

I can't look at chicks anymore without thinking of the "Dirty Jobs" episode where Mike has to squeeze the turds out of the little chicks to sex them.

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

How big of a coop do you have for them? I am in the middle of designing something, and am really at a loss. All of the people I know just let them roam their barns.. I want more of a contained approach to keeping the ones I will be getting.
Or are yours free-ranging?

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Gin, contact your local Extension Office....you know...4-H??? For like .50 (or maybe now it's $1.50) you can actually buy plans for a chicken coop/house. Poultry is still a 4-H project, so all the beginner training / knowledge, parts of the bird, diseases, feeding, care, husbandry are in the booklets you can buy. It's (4-H) for kids, but you can buy the booklets. :D :D Look in the gov't pages of your phone book for your local office location. :)