What could be cuter than pictures of baby chicks and kids, right? So this entire blog post is just pictures of our baby chicks being held by our kids. The little chickees grew so fast. The period during which they look like little bright cotton balls is really only a week or two long -- so we had to get in as much holding time as possible.
Here is Roan holding Chickee-Chickee. This is when the chicks lived in my office. Again... we wanted to get as much out of the brief period of intense cuteness, so we couldn't imagine having those little bundles of fluff living down in the garage. The kids got to visit and hold and watch the chicks as much as they wanted. 
Elsa with Timmy. Although Timmy is quite the bossy, aggressive little thing now, she was very mild mannered and quiet as a chick. She was a little bit of a runt actually. But she was a favorite to hold because she would quietly put up with all sorts of cuddling. That has changed (see previous post "That was then, this is now").
More quality time with Timmy the chick. 
Even though you are supposed to keep the chicks in a climate controlled environment for the first 8 weeks, one warm evening we took the little girls out on the deck for their first visit out doors. They loved it! We created a little play pen with extra chicken wire and let them run around. Very cute.
Roan giving Chickee-Chickee a kiss. Who said chickens aren't cuddly? 
Eventually the chicks got bigger, moved to the garage, and started coming out for daily forays in the yard. We made bigger play pens with the chicken wire, and the kids could hang out in the yard and watch them peck around. (See all the apples our tree! They were so good.)
Here is a picture of the chicks when they were in their funny-looking teenager phase -- feathers sticking out all over. To see a picture of them now, check out the earlier post "That was then, this is now." More pics of the coop coming soon.
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