Our baby chicks turned four weeks old and I took these photos a week ago on Thursday (March 28), so technically they are 5 weeks now. They went through a little awkward with their feathers coming in and it’s amazing how much they have changed since they were two weeks old (see two week old baby chick photos here).
After suggestions from you renamed Chima to Cleo because of her eye markings. It suits her.
Apple is our Rhode Island Red. Her comb popped out considerably since this photo was taken – I’m worried she’s a rooster. I’ll post photos of that maybe this weekend.
We just returned late last night from our spring break trip and the chickens look HUGE compared to just a week ago. Our amazing neighbors and friends chick-sat for us while we were gone and they took great care of them. I’ll have to post photos again very soon.
What do you think? For those of you who own chickens, how do you think they look? We’ve never had baby chicks before – so I’m hoping they look like normal four week old baby chicks!
If you’re thinking about getting baby chicks, read my post here – Checklist for bringing home baby chicks!
They look exactly how they should for their age. It’s nice that you let them out of the hot box every so often. They need to slowly introduce the organics or else they could get stopped up.
We gave them a little bit of grass and dirt today and they LOVED it! It was the first time they have had grass.
There is a way you can check Apple to see if she’s a she or not. Gently take her wing and spread out her feathers. If the very tips of her feathers are rounded, you have a female. If the tips are pointed, you have a male. I do this every single time I purchase chicks to make sure I’m getting only girls. The one time I did not check I came home with 2 roosters. I have never tried it on pullets, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.