#chickcheck

I did an art tutorial, I had my guitar lesson and played so much my fingers are sore. And the icing on the cake? I got to watch 3 eggs turn magically in to precious peeping lil babies. It was a good day. #curatedcoop #chicksofinstagram #chicks #chicksmanchicks #chickcheck #itwasagoodday #ididthethings https://www.instagram.com/p/CgqjyiKsuQ3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

How gorgeous is this kid? She popped out of an egg marked "Blue Laced Red Wyandotte" but she's even prettier than the BLRWs I've seen. She's feathering suuuuuper slow though and still looks like a giant baby. #chickcheck #chicksofinstagram #blrw #bluelacedredwyandotte #mypetchicken #prettyeyes #cute #babyanimals #slowtofeather #firsthatch #sweetbaby #inquisitive https://www.instagram.com/p/CHy7nlKrLns/?igshid=1p7awmng4flh7

The Chims are 4 weeks. Starting to worry they are ALL roosters. 😣 #chickcheck #chicksofinstagram #ameraucana #backyardfarming #ayamcemani #oliveegger #roosters #chickensausageparty #4weeks #growinglikecrazy https://www.instagram.com/p/CHwLHRHrMZ0/?igshid=zmdmnugb7yc3

Syringe fed Omega a couple of times today. Started him on the only medicine I could think of. Bless his little heart, he wants to be pecking around doing chicken stuff with the others so bad, but he's just so small. It's like he froze on the second day out of the egg. Stuff I read said this is why you shouldn't help a chick out of the egg: if they are too weak to get out of the egg, they are probably too weak to make it. But I also read cases where the assisted chick grew up fine. I had to try. I don't see how he can make it much longer. 😔 #stunted #runt #omegachicken #chicksofinstagram #chickcheck #corid #backyardfarming #mychickensarebetterthanyours #featheryfriend #snuggles #fighter https://www.instagram.com/p/CHRaoZxLhcG/?igshid=16dv3c742mnzh

Omega in his peep pouch. He's still so tiny. Twelvsies figured out how to fly out of the Lil Kids brooder so she got moved to Big Kid's. Omega still has two roommates, but any time they are out from under the heater and not with him, he cries. I stick him in his pouch and then type one-handed while trying to get him to sleep. He likes his pouch. I can see his sassy grown up self in my mind. I hope he can shake off this runty stage. He's such a dear little thing. #cuddles #peeppouch #ayamcemani #chickcheck #chicksofinstagram #chickensofinstagram #runt #omegachicken https://www.instagram.com/p/CHL796HrODC/?igshid=1cz2diwcqwh0c

My precious little one-eyed cross beak. I hope (s)he flourishes. #chickcheck #chicksofinstagram #oliveegger #birthdefect #crossbeak #crossbeakchicken #mypetchicken #sleep (at Abilene, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG6P2dNrXkA/?igshid=1cz5q2tu23vgj

Frannie. I rejoice for those saved... I mourn for the lost. Her wound is horrifying. I'm supposed to wash it twice a day and put ointment on it. The vet was very hopeful and said she said heal right up. 🤞 Her poor, proud tail is hanging on by a thread of skin. 😣 It appears the culprit was a fox. Vet said raccoons just twist their heads off (😲). I watched a video: foxes go right for the back, right where she is hurt. Fox went for Fran. Fran fought back (there was a string of something black on her beak. Let it be the cad's muzzle!) Fran escaped. Fox turns to Nadine. Chomp and run, giving the others time to flee. One good thing though: chickens can't get rabies. Only mammals get rabies. #chickensofinstagram #chickcheck #ameraucana #easteregger #chickenattack #backyardfarming #4chicksoftheapocalypse https://www.instagram.com/p/CCrUwmGsS1h/?igshid=1f4nsuir2pnj0

Mah chimkins. Forced to stay dry. In the back of a '41 Plymouth. #chickcheck #chicksofinstagram #ameraucana #backyardfarming #outside #raining #4chicksoftheapocalypse #easteregger #oldtruck #plymouth #mychickensarebetterthanyours https://www.instagram.com/p/CBqm9DwHPoG/?igshid=18gghw8niwv9