Two more chicks

So we started with the three barred rocks, and two buff orpingtons. Unfortunately we lost one of the barred rocks to a encounter with our Dachshund. Poor chick, Tucker is a great little wirehaired dachshund that has a good retrieval instinct. When we spotted the barred rock that had escaped from the brooding box he was quick to retrieve it and brought it to me as I worked on the hen house. He was very proud of himself but unfortunately he isn't very soft mouthed.

We decided we really wanted to get another chick and got these two at the local feed supply, a speckled sussex and a red laced wyndott. They are three weeks younger than the older girls. We will now have five chicks. We are keeping them nice and warm lowering the temp in the brood box by 10 degrees every week. They are two days old and 90 degrees. I have named them after my two great aunts Mildred and Agnes.