Spring is officially here, and with Spring comes baby chick season. It seems like it was only yesterday when my full grown hens were just tiny little balls of down peeping their fool heads off. What I remember about raising them, from little two day old chicks, was how fast they grew up. The way the feathers would practically shoot out and before I knew it, and suddenly I had three pullets desperate to escape the brooder.

I remember being fascinated, watching all those feathers come in. First on the very tip of the wing and a tiny little tuft on the butt. How cool it would be to document that growth.

The good news is that some people already are. Right now there is a photoblog charting every day of chicken growth called 3 chix a day. It is definitely worth checking out to see this very quick body progression.

The Woodstock Farm and Animal Sanctuary currently has a baby chick webcam operating. Other than providing a stream of chick video, the site hopes to curb classroom hatching projects by providing a safe alternative information source, instead of hatching babies in classrooms when there is no home for the eventual pullets. Their stance on hatching projects can be found here.

And if that is not enough baby chick goodness, well, there is always flickr. Here is one more for the road.