# Cute chicks! (pics) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013 "2016-05-17T17:53:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/1 "2016-05-17T17:53:43Z")
Our laying hens are pretty much postmenopausal, and since they are pets, we will not be eating them. They’ve laid thousands of eggs, so now they get to enjoy their golden years. But we need eggs, so that means replacement chicks. We picked up two Araucana chicks last week, and have two golden comet chicks coming tomorrow. Each evening we sit with them and offer them a treat (meal worms) by hand. When they are fully feathered and go out to the coop, they will remain human imprinted and that is part of the fun. So I took a picture and posted it on Facebook, lamenting [about how I bought eggs that were obviously well beyond their sell-by date.](http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv174/kayaker01/chicks_zpspwmi12o7.jpg) A joke, right? Well, one woman didn’t get it and ranted about how I should complain to the grocery store’s parent corporation. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/2 "2016-05-17T17:57:24Z")
Paraphrasing the Hindenburg disaster announcer: “Oh, the stupidity!” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/3 "2016-05-17T17:59:45Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Paraphrasing the Hindenburg disaster announcer: > > “Oh, the stupidity!” The woman works in a doctor’s office doing insurance paperwork. Mighty reassuring. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/4 "2016-05-17T19:57:34Z")
I was hoping it was this kind of chick when I opened the thread. I’d have been thrilled to get those eggs from the store! Great picture. Scary friend. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/5 "2016-05-17T19:59:41Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > So I took a picture and posted it on Facebook, lamenting [about how I bought eggs that were obviously well beyond their sell-by date.](http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv174/kayaker01/chicks_zpspwmi12o7.jpg) A joke, right? Well, one woman didn’t get it and ranted about how I should complain to the grocery store’s parent corporation. Any chance that she is just running with the joke? You know someone here would gone that direction. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/6 "2016-05-17T20:01:26Z")
They are, indeed, cute. Please continue to share! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/7 "2016-05-17T20:14:13Z")
Cute chicks! I hope there’ll be more pictures of them in the future. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/8 "2016-05-17T20:24:26Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Any chance that she is just running with the joke? You know someone here would gone that direction. Nope, she’s not that kind of person. She’s the one that shares every wacky Snopes conspiracy theory thing out there, then argues when somebody explains the truth to her. More pics when I pick up the golden comets ( a cross between a Rhode Island Red Male and the Rhode Island White Female). ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/9 "2016-05-17T21:04:48Z")
Adorable! Too bad they grow up to be ugly as sin and also stupid. Tasty, though. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/10 "2016-05-17T21:14:21Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Adorable! Too bad they grow up to be ugly as sin and also stupid. Tasty, though. Noooo! Our hens are all beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/11 "2016-05-17T21:23:50Z")
And all the chicks are above average… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/12 "2016-05-19T12:00:58Z")
[The Araucanas are growing up fast!](http://s681.photobucket.com/user/kayaker01/media/image_zpsqm9l2hlk.jpeg.html) Anxiously awaiting puberty. They looked identical at hatching; now, not so much.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/13 "2016-05-19T12:16:18Z")
[Golden Comets.](http://s681.photobucket.com/user/kayaker01/media/image_zpsdxp82mvq.jpeg.html?sort=3&o=0) Our hens are all named, though I do not remember/keep track. My gf, though, can collect eggs and name the hen each egg came from (based on an egg’s color, size, shape, peculiar features). ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/14 "2016-05-20T04:55:33Z")
Cute birds. With that ‘imprinting,’ do they stay around better or come when you call or?? What is the fun or advantage to it? I have forgotten everything I did not used to know about chickens. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/15 "2016-05-20T08:30:31Z")
When the feathers come in do they stay that lovely golden color? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/16 "2016-05-20T11:29:24Z")
Adult Golden Comets look like Rhode Island Reds, just a bit washed out color wise. They are good layers. When our hens mature they are very tame. They’ll follow us around the yard if we let them loose (they roam in a fenced in paddock area by the barn normally). When friends bring their kids over, the chickens will politely take peanuts from them, and will snuggle on their lap if they sit down in the grass. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/17 "2016-05-20T20:16:49Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Adult Golden Comets look like Rhode Island Reds, just a bit washed out color wise. They are good layers. When our hens mature they are very tame. They’ll follow us around the yard if we let them loose (they roam in a fenced in paddock area by the barn normally). > > When friends bring their kids over, the chickens will politely take peanuts from them, and will snuggle on their lap if they sit down in the grass. Cool. Especially for your visitors. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013/18 "2016-05-20T22:00:44Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Noooo! Our hens are all beautiful. Beauty is in the eye of the beakholder.