Today was the big day. Our peeps arrived in their little boxed nest in the mail. It’s so funny to have a peeping box handed to you. I was glad to hear the peeping because I was very anxious about them during their journey. It was extremely hot here yesterday, which adds stress to an already stressful journey. Fatalities can occur, which is extremely sad. Fortunately my gals seemed to be fine.
Once I opened the box, I dipped their tiny beaks into the water dish to help rehydrate them and to let them know where their water source is. One seemed a little sluggish, but I kept giving her water and she seems to have perked up nicely. Those are marbles in the water dish, which keep them from falling in the water their first week and drowning.
They all kind of look the same right now, but there are 2 Plymouth Barred Rocks, which have a white dot on their heads. There’s one with a little orange on her, who is our Easter Egger, and the little black one is the Blue Andalusian. It turns out that the blue color only happens 50% of the time. Unless something changes when she gets her true feathers (which I don’t anticipate) this little gal will stay black. But, hey, black is still a very chic color here in NYC!
I will work towards getting better photos and documenting their phenomenally quick growth.
Congratulations! They’re right on schedule, I remember you telling me they would arrive around Memorial Day. How crazy that they arrived in a box though – I had no idea! I’m glad they made it safely, and can’t wait to see their progress.
Interestingly we put pebbles in the birdbath to keep the bees from drowning. Despite giving our bees all sorts of drinking options, they must prefer the neighboring dog dishes.