50mm Lens, Animals, Birds, Canon 50D, Photography

Some Very Small Chickens

The last time I posted about the chickens they were hatching and still in the incubator.  In these first two pictures it is two days later and they are out of the incubator but still spending most of their day under warming lamps.  This is what it looks like when the gang is all together:

ISO 640 50mm 0ev f/6.3 1/100

ISO 640 50mm 0ev f/6.3 1/100

They also spend short amounts of time out of the cage:

ISO 1000 50mm 0ev f/6.3 1/20

ISO 1000 50mm 0ev f/6.3 1/20

You can see that they are going to have to grow into their feet a bit.  They do grow fast.  Here are a few shots from the next day:

ISO 640 50mm 0ev f/5 1/640

ISO 640 50mm 0ev f/5 1/640

ISO 800 50mm 0ev f/5 1/40

ISO 800 50mm 0ev f/5 1/40

And two more from the day after that:

ISO 800 50mm 0ev f/3.5 1/125

ISO 800 50mm 0ev f/3.5 1/125

ISO 800 50mm 0ev f/5 1/160

ISO 800 50mm 0ev f/5 1/160

The chickens in this post are between 3 and 5 days old.  They are currently living in a second grade classroom where they are being observed as part of a life cycle unit.  If you would like to see what they looked like while they were developing, click here to see my post.  While they are is the classroom the children have been filling out chicken journals, keeping track of the chickens since they were eggs.  In a few days the chickens will be moving on to various local farms.  I will post again before they are moved just so you can see how fast they grow.

Cheers!

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Animals, Birds, Canon 50D, Photo Challenges, Photography

Weekly Photo Challenge: Renewal

Renewal is the theme for the weekly photo challenge at WordPress.  Here is what I came up with:

ISO 320 90mm -0.33ev f/14 1/125

I took this last spring when my youngest child was doing a life cycles unit that included raising some chickens.  This photo is one of the chickens surveying the school grounds.

Cheers!

 

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Birds, Photography, Uncategorized

Chickens get to the road, decide to cross

This will be my last chicken post for this year. The life cycle unit is over and the chickens who have successfully hatched have moved on. My youngest will miss seeing them in school everyday, but these chickens have been placed in various flocks in the neighborhood and on farms.  Here are some parting shots:

ISO 160 85mm f/9 1/125

ISO 320 90mm f/14 1/125

ISO 320 60mm f/9 1/125

ISO 320 90mm f/18 1/125

Thanks chicks, for making the end of the school year most eggs-cellent!

Cheers

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