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It seems to be the norm here. Do they make a medication for this yet?

You can totally leave them to go to work. I leave mine every morning and when I come home they are just fine. I make sure they have full feeders and fresh water both when I leave and a refill when I come home. Storeys Guide has a lot of great information in it but alas there is always something...

Anira, You are truly lucky. My dogs would love nothing more than a squeaky chick to play with. I had them in my office until I could not take the dust any longer. I do have a large brooder in my coop and they are there now. The dogs sat at the door to my office just waiting for a chance to get in.

So true about needing cat proof. I tend to forget that not everyone has a place they can put chicks and close the other critters out of. My hubby is very glad we live no where near a hatchery lol. I would be there way to much.

Given the choices of BR or BO I would go with a BO any day. Mine are mellow and sweet. Not an aggressive one in the lot. Giant cardboard boxes work well as brooders too. For friendly I think my Delaware is by far the friendliest followed by the Speckled Sussex.

I too hate dusting and my dust is not lonely at all right now. I have 23 in the brooder just to my left in my office. They are still quite small and do not stink. I smell pine shavings. I did notice when they dust bathe in the shavings it does stir up dust. I set the big brooder up in the coop...

Better a stopped shipment than a heartbreakingly silent box at 5 am in the post office.

Anira I think it is wonderful you will be able to get some this year then. It sounds like it is a real hassle to make a trip to the feed store for you so waiting on chance would be a drag. Sierranomad Good point about the cute factor. I know with Easter coming there will be a lot of homeless...

I do not think that is cheating at all. You wont have to have the heat lamp or the pasty butts to deal with. Smart move. Mine are also coming from Mt Healthy. Mine are getting shipped to a localish feed store. It is a 120 mile one way trip for me to pick them up. I will have to make this trip...

The feed store I had reserved chicks at called and one of the breeds I had reserved came in a week early. I am heading down on Wednesday to pick them up. EXCITING to finally be getting them. They also had most of the other breeds I had reserved for a later date already there so I reserved them...

I resisted the cute little chicks at the feed store today. Hard to walk away from marans and ee. DH helped me to resist and reminded me I have a lot of chicks coming in 2 weeks.

Mine are all grown up. and I think they are cute as babies so we will be motivated to care for them. Then it is like a HAHAHA made you take care of them from mother nature when they hit the teens.

TOLBUNT are so incredibly cool looking! I am hoping you will share the cutness when they get there.

WHEW. I thought I had read that you had the littles. Man had me going there for a minute. Ready to go break into the post office for you all ninja like just to check and make sure.

I would love to have some chick pics to post but I am not getting any for 2 more weeks. I don't even have my brooder finished yet. DH is going to freak out. I was only supposed to be getting 12 but chicken math has already hit hard. I am getting 26 little fluffies. 4 buff laced polish 4...

Leanne This thread is moving rather fast for me to play catch up. Did you get all your packages of chicks or are you still waiting on some? The notice left in secure area freaks me out.

My situation is similar. I have to laugh every time he says "They are your chickens". I wanted 6 BA, DH wanted some color "other than plain black". I got 2 BA, 2 EE, 2 California whites. Kept trying for BA's and kept ending up with something else. Males, crooked toed SS, SSH, BO, Wyandottes etc...

I am sorry you lost them. They are some of the cutest breeds those little Houdans. We are entering a very cold couple weeks here and I am worried about the chickens I have reserved at a store 100 miles from home. They assure me they are being sent next day air and will be fine.

I hope you did not loose any. They are very cute indeed.

Aussies are my favorite breed. You chose well for the first chickens. They tend to be calm and not freakish about it when you enter their space. To cut the hole...... Do you have a jig saw? If you do are you comfortable using it? If not do you have a utility knife? You would need a very sharp...