Meet The Peeps...

Here are some photos of our chicks. I've waited until now to hold them or stress them out in any way.

My kids have started naming the girls, but I don't know what they are all called. I only know they are naming them after the boy band "One Direction". I have no idea why, since they are all girls, (except our one rooster) go figure! I named our rooster Leopold.

Meet Leopold the rooster. You can tell him from the girls  because he has a mask around his eyes, and green on his head. He is a Brown Leghorn.

My favorite, other than Leopold, are the black chicks (Black Sex Links). 

They are calm and like to be held.

The girls all huddled together in fear of the camera.

 Can you tell which is Leopold? (Hint, center)

 The red chicks, aka Rhode Island Reds

 My least favorite, but great egg layers, the White Leghorn.

They are very skittish and don't like to be held. Can't you tell by the scream in this pic?

 Hank, meet Leopold.

There is nothing really new to report. I've been dealing with "pasty butt" this week. Although gross, not really a big deal, except catching and checking them all out. Only about 1/3 have it, so I think that is a good thing. For those who don't know what that is, it is when they get poop on their vent, and it could clog them up. Normally a momma hen would clean that up, but since we don't have that option, I am momma hen. It is no different than any of the other countless babies that I've fostered, so not a big deal really.

Our daily schedule is: check feed, water, and heat lamp in the a.m. and p.m. Periodically checking on them throughout the day. I'm trying to add the daily handling of them too, but like I said above the leghorns and reds don't really care for it. My main concern is handling Leopold every day. I want him to be a loving (to humans) rooster and not a terror. I don't know how that will turn out, but here's hoping!