Friday 8 April 2011

Cute, cute and more cuteness!


 Thanks for all your lovely comments on my last blog post, I do hope we get some proper sleep here soon :-)  Harmony and Rosie, I am afraid our African Grey hasn't returned home, thanks very much for asking. x

This week has been a rather cheery week in the Sweetpea household which has mainly been due to the arrival of some gorgeous new arrivals.  Last Friday night we all went to bed excited knowing that some of the chicks were trying to hatch from their eggs :-)  When we awoke little Sweetpea ran into our bedroom exclaiming that two Sarah's (the name she picked for her chick) had hatched and that they were playing hide and seek!


Little and Eldest Sweetpea watching the chicks hatch (middle Sweetpea was at Nanny's house)

Chick hatching and another chick flashing her little cute bot bot (the big fluff ball in the image) :-)

When they have just hatched they look rather sorry for themselves until the warm air in the incubator fluffs them up a bit and their energy returns.  They can take up to 24 hours to hatch.
 


This is Sarah playing hide and seek :-)  They were then popped into a brooder with a heat lamp, some fresh water and some chick crumbs to build them up.



The Sweetpeas kept watching them all day and middle Sweetpea was so excited when she returned home from Nanny's house.


At just a few days old they are growing little wing feathers and start to lose their little egg tooth on the end of their beak, they use this to chip their way out of the egg (you can just see this little ones egg tooth as the white dot on the tip of her/his beak).




They have been enjoying lots of cuddles and have melted our hearts - they are such cuties!  We had 9 hatch from 14 eggs,  I am not sure 1 little chick will make it as we had to help it hatch and it isn't growing, it just wants cuddling all the time poor dot.

I will leave you with one of our cute little chicks modelling for you :-) xxx

31 comments:

  1. Oh I have overloaded on cuteness!!!
    how adorable are those chicks.
    love
    Lyn
    xxx

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  2. congratulations on the new arrivals! Spring must be here. Jacs x

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  3. Awww - now they are cute! Hope they all continue to thrive and delight! Have a good weekend! Abby x

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  4. Your children are blessed to be along for this thrilling adventure with the eggs and chicks.

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  5. They are so darling! We got ours as day olds, and it was ridiculously exciting to watch them grown into the hens they are today. How wonderful it must be to actually watch them hatch!

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  6. Oh this is cuteness beyond belief!!!!!!

    I seemed to have missed your last few posts and I am not sure why, so off to get a cuppa and have a catch up!!!!

    Have a super sunny weekend!!

    xxx

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  7. delightful - I want one! lovely pictures - especially with the children, sure you will cherish them. Hope little weakling chic grows big and strong., Betty x

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  8. So so cute!!!! They are lovely, so sweet! I hope they all keep growing and getting stronger, even the little one - hopefully with all the love you are all giving it, it'll pull through too! Enjoy what is promised to be a fab and sunny weekend, Jenny xx

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  9. Oh oh oh, isn't that just fantastic for the children (and you, of course). They are so adorable. Sorry about the parrot, you never know he may find his way home. x

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  10. Awww, how cute. Hope the little one makes it.

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  11. oh i want one pleassssssssssssssssse, they are just so sweet, i cant wait to come round and have a cuddle myself x

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  12. lucky little chicks (the chickens and the little people)!!!

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  13. They are soooo cute :0) We did this a few years back now with the children, it was such fun watching them hatch and grow. xx

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  14. Awwwww chirpy, chirpy, cheep, cheep! Way too cute.

    Happy belated 9th birthday to your sweetpea - that cake looks fabulous - chocolate goodness...mmmmmmm!

    Have a lovely weekend and I hope the disturb nights settle soon.

    take care,

    Nina xxx

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  15. Oh, how gorgeous! Lucky little sweetpeas to witness such cuteness!

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  16. Too too cute Zoe. I'm not sure that there is anything sweeter than newly hatched chicks. Enjoy!

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  17. What a wonderful early Easter present. Beautiful cute post.

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  18. Oh how lovely! So glad I stopped by this evening. So sweet! Have a lovely week. Ros

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  19. How adorable. When I was still teaching we used to hatch chicks in the classroom - the children loved it - how lucky yours are to be able to do it at home.

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  20. Oh how adorable! I would love to have some chicks like these! How lovely for the children to see them hatch and grow. I absolutely loved these pictures and hearing all about the chicks development. Have a lovely sunny week.
    Helen x

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  21. Awwww, your little chicks are so gorgeous!! Looking forward to more pictures of them growing! :) x

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  22. aww my they are so cute, that last picture makes me smile so much :-)

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  23. Those chickies are cherry-on-top SWEET. Be still my heart. Do they do a Michael Flatley Riverdance, perchance?

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  24. How are the chicks doing? If you have a spare moment I have given you an award, Sal x

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  25. ADORABLE!!!!

    Im not sure what my 2 cats would make of them though (actually I am pretty sure what they would do....eek!)

    What a great experience for your kids too.

    Helenxx

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  26. Gorgeous! Absolutely gorgeous!

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  27. Very cute, my Dad used to hatch out chicks for the local primary schools, we loved that yellow fluffy stage.

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  28. Oh, they are so cute. My husband is determined to get some chickens. I've been unsure about whether I'll really RELATE to the them, but yours are just adorable. (and thanks for the nice comment about my polymer clay egg!)

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