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Again, thank you kind internet stranger! There is so much information about what these chicks need when they are just hatched and almost nothing about how to care for them at this "in-between" stage. BTW, Phoebe is just fine this morning, looks much cleaner and is eating, drinking, playing...

Thank you for replying, I will sleep better tonight!

My first time raising chicks. My girls are 5 1/2 weeks old, being raised inside. One of them, Phoebe, got a cecal poop dropped on her. I used a warm wet washcloth to wipe as much off as I could and put a diffuser on my blowdryer on warm and dried her as best I could. She was freaking out...

I love this article! So much wisdom in raising the chicks as much like a mama hen as possible. This will definitely be my approach with my next batch of chicks!

THIS! I gave my chicks free choice grit in a small pan on day 2 and one of the chicks ate a lot of it. Sadly, that chick passed. She wasn't as energetic or outgoing as the others from the beginning so the grit may not have been the problem, but the next chicks I raise I will follow your...

We're on tenterhooks, how did everything go? Are the chicks ok? Do you have pictures yet?

Winters here sure are different than the winters in Quartzsite! LOL We spent at least some time in Quartzsite each year but preferred crossing the border and hanging out on the beach in Puerto Penasco or San Felipe. I'm hoping the chickens will keep me too busy to miss life on the road.

I am new to chickens, new to Washington state, new (again) to living in a house instead of an RV. My husband, two rescue dogs, and I have been travelling around the US (mostly southwest states) boondocking in our toy hauler for the past 8 years. During that time we checked off most of our...