Chick Update ~ 6 Weeks Old

 

As you can see, a lot of changes have taken place since the last chick update when the trio was only 4 weeks old.

It’s amazing that just 6 weeks ago they were tiny fluffballs.

Their time in the garage brooder is now over and they have since been moved to the temporary quarantine pen inside the chicken coop outside. But first I had to go through Mama, Mrs. Cotton, who was not very happy about me trying to capture her babies. She gave me the evil eye, while protecting her chicks, and tried to attack me several times, before I decided it would be safer to remove her from the brooder first.

Here they are in their new digs, meeting the neighbors.

That one chickie in front I just know is a rooster. It looks the most like Sid Vicious and is also the biggest chick with the largest comb and wattles. When I carried the chicks outside, that one kept pecking at me (ouch!) and it’s always strutting around and charging the adult chickens and one of the other chicks (who I have a feeling may also be a rooster…sigh).

That one in the front is the other chick that I suspect may be a rooster, too.

All three chicklets have grown the typical pouffy head feathers, just like their Polish Rooster Daddy.

And of course this post would not be complete without some photos of the Roo of the Coop, Sid Vicious himself.

“Rock-A-Doodle-Doo!” as Michelle has said.

“Sid is a Party Waiting to Happen” Masked Man told me recently.

And it appears that instead of focusing on his paternal duties, he’s decided to add highlights to his punk rock-doo instead.

(And no, Dobbie isn’t licking her chops over the thought of having a chicken dinner. She actually gets along great with all of the chickens and doesn’t harass them at all. I used to let her in the coop with me, or let her run loose when I let the chickens out to free-roam, until I noticed that her breath smelled strongly and suspiciously of chicken poo) (yuk!)

My twinling, Jem says that Sid Vicious reminds him of Satan.

What do you think?

Of course, Jem feels that way because Sid charged at him a couple times, spurs loaded, until Jem introduced Sid Vicious to the rake. And now Sid is more respectful.

All the ladies seem to love him, though. Like Angelina Ballerina, one of our Easter Egger hens. And even blogger friend, Dee, which she admits may be a little unnatural. But that’s ok. Sid loves his adoring fans. The more he has, the happier he is. And the happier his hens are, too.

And after more than 3 months of not laying any eggs while acting as a Broody Hen and raising her trio of chicks, Mrs. Cotton, after just one night in the coop within sight of Mr. Cotton and Sid Vicious, decided it was finally time to offer up her delicious little eggs again. (That’s hers on the left, with a Rhode Island Red egg beside it for size comparison)

And you know I’m happy about that!

(Mr. Cotton’s fluffy butt.)

 

The End!