Last week was another good one, though I think I was getting a little hormonal around the end of it. That may be due to the presence of ten baby chicks in a brooder enclosure in my laundry room because OMG miniature baby dinosaurs that run around aimlessly going “peep peep peep” and banging into one another! I just kinda wish they wouldn’t foul their water quite so quickly; I would prefer to only have to change it twice a day. Ah, well, soon they’ll be pullets and therefore no longer cute. A dear friend of mine also got some around the same time I did, so we’re texting 
each other about them more than one would expect two respectable whores well into maturity to do. Here are a couple of images; the heat lamp makes it very hard to take good pictures, because for some reason the camera views the scene as a lot more red than the naked eye does. I corrected one of these as best I could using the apps on my phone, but left the other one as-is so you can see what I mean; in reality, there’s really just a faint reddish tinge in the room, not this kind of weird early-’70s suspense-film thing. Anyway, it was a good week apart from the chicks, too; I got to visit with a friend who unexpectedly came to town, and I had several really lovely sessions (including a duo with Lorelei, and those are always spectacular). There’s probably more to tell, but I’m hearing peeping so you’ll have to excuse me while I go look at them again and squee like a fourteen-year-old.
Diary #403
March 19, 2018 by Maggie McNeill
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I love how you’re sweet as pie and also hard as nails.
Thank you! It’s not too uncommon in Southern women, hence the term “steel magnolia”.
The heat lamp probably puts out a lit of infrared light — just below red on the visual spectrum, and invisible to the human eye. In a lot of cameras, the red-sensing cells of the image sensor are also sensitive to infrared. That’s probably what you’re seeing here. These cameras also pick up the heat from the extra blood flow in peoples’ faces when they’ve been drinking, making them look extra red-faced.
Awww, they’re so cute! 😍😍😍 ALTHOUGH, an early-70’s suspense film starring nothing but newly hatched chicks might be a movie Netflix would be interested in.
Great post, Maggie! Please disregard the following if you already have tons of experience. I don’t know if this is your first time with chickens or not. I am trying to be kind and friendly, but am sensitive to the fact that I could be accused of man-splaining.
My wife and I had chickens back in Michigan before moving to the PACNW. Ultimately, we kept our outside in a coop and used a light to heat the hen house in winter because Michigan gets COLD. It’s not as cold out here, but if you follow this method, use a red light. A white or yellow light makes them go crazy and peck at each other like lunatics. We thought the heat lamp we used for chicks was too hot, so we just used a red light bulb during the winter. It seemed to keep the hen house warm enough.
Enjoy your chicks!
The red light also makes the heel of your hand look like a tit, at least the first time. (Or I’ll blame my old eyesight and deny everything.)
What kinds of chickens are they?