Monday, April 18, 2011

Day 1: Chick Observation

Several months ago, a local homeschooler put out a feeler to see if anyone would be interested in watching new chicks grow for two weeks. We said, an exuberant, "Yes."



And so today 3 week old chicks arrived. The kids have named them. Joan (of Arc) she is a Cherry Egger, Bahkita she is a Black Australorp, and Henrietta who is a White Wyandotte.

As the woman who brought them to us let us know, they change rapidly. Their down changes to feathers in stages. 1st the wings. They came that way (to us). But in last several hours you can see the beginnings of tail feathers. Everyone here is super excited and even wants to hold them.




1 comment:

Beth said...

So fun! Peter looks so much older!!