Pictures of the Mom of the Chicks

The title pretty much says it all.Here are some pictures from the friends that gave the eggs (see in previous posts) to us.  They are pictures of the Mother Hens.

This is Hawk.

This is Owl and two other brown chickens.

Chickens in hawaii?

And yes, Folks, there are wild chickens in Hawaii.  To prove it I took some pictures.  I was in Hanauma  Bay when I saw them.  I saw a chicken and a rooster, surprisingly, I could get close enough for a good picture.

Chicks are Growing

After one week of living in the garage, the chicks were declared big enough and strong enough to live in the chicken tractor (see details in previous posts).  Agian, I will post pictures once I have some.  The chicks are now really hard to tell apart.  I have also heard the one is bright orange!  I hope we get at least three hens  because, out of the eight chicks, my family and I have dicided only to keep one rooster (if there is any)--no,  we will not eat the others, we will give them away.  I also expect to lose some of them because of predators.  Maybe we will get lucky and only have on rooster but, that is very unlikely. 

Broody hens

A broody hen is a hen that want to sit on her eggs to keep them warm. They try to keep the eggs warm so they can hatch. The broody hens have to sit on their (or someone else's) eggs for about three weeks. Broody hens follow the natural instinct to sit on their eggs, or any eggs that are in her nest. If you put another birds egg's --such as  duck eggs-- the broody hen will still sit on it. Our two broody hens are G.G. and Wings.

My Mom bought one dozen duck eggs and has just put them under the hens.  Hopefully the broody hens will keep sitting on them and will keep them warm.  I can't wait to see what happens!  I will post some pictures once I have some. 

Here is the duck egg information.

We have 4 runners, 4 rohen and 4 muscovy.  One set of eggs was MUCH
bigger than the others. We think it was the muscovy.  One set was blue
-- I think it was the runners.

Pictures of the chicks

 The chicks are now two weeks old.  Half of their body is covered in puff the other half in feathers.  Even though they are at a awkward stage in life, they are as cute as ever! They have been growing so fast that we had to move them to a even bigger cage.  Now, they are too big for even that box! Here are some pictures of them.

Most of the chicks are almost as big as an average soap bottle.