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First batch of chicks. (pic)

post #1 of 5
2/28/12 at 3:36pm
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These are my first chicks.  I ordered them from efowl febuary 10.  They emailed me yesterday at 6pm that they were sent out and I recieved them from their hatchery in Denver today (tuesday) at 1.  All arrived alive and they are quite vigourous as well.

 

I received 6 jumbo cornish X

5 aoustrolop

5 slw

5 glw

5 black giants

 

 

Expecting 5 pekins too from them in mid march.

 

Great service and product will order from them in the future.

 

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Dog pile...

 

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Fresh out the box.  (couldnt figure out how to rotate the pic, sorry)

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post #2 of 5
2/28/12 at 3:50pm
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Thinking about putting them on pine shavings tomorrow,

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post #3 of 5
2/28/12 at 3:55pm

If they are only a day or so old, I wouldnt have them on newspaper, it can cause them to go spraddle legged.  Also if you put them on shavings, cover it with paper towels  at first til they learn that its not food.

~lenore~

 

 

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2/28/12 at 4:03pm
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Yeah i considered starting them on just paper towel  but my brooder is like 6x4 feets so it seemed like a waste of pthe stuff. figured newspaper cant hurt for 24 hours.I  guess i could transfer them to a 50 gal tote lined with paper towel,  Yeah thats what ill do.  Thanks

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post #5 of 5
2/28/12 at 9:32pm

You could put a temporary divider in your brooder for the first week or so.  It will help keep it warmer too.  This is what I do.  My brooder is 8' x 3'.  I will give them about 3' x 3' for the first week.  During that time there wiil be pine pellets in the bottom covered by several layers of paper towels.  When the paper towels get dirty I pick up the dirty one and there is a clean layer underneith.  After about a week the paper towels are eliminated and the divider removed.  I will have 18 - 20 chicks in my brooder his year.

1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 2 Gold Laced Wyandotte, 1 BLRW, 1 Columbian Wyandotte, 4 Rhode Island Red, 6 Easter Eggers, 3 Barred Rock, 3 Welsummer, 2 Buff Orpington, 2 White Leghorn, 2 Brown Leghorn, 3 Gold Sex Links, 2 Delaware, 1 Mixed Maran.    And a partridge in a pear tree... (just kidding on the partridge).
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1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 2 Gold Laced Wyandotte, 1 BLRW, 1 Columbian Wyandotte, 4 Rhode Island Red, 6 Easter Eggers, 3 Barred Rock, 3 Welsummer, 2 Buff Orpington, 2 White Leghorn, 2 Brown Leghorn, 3 Gold Sex Links, 2 Delaware, 1 Mixed Maran.    And a partridge in a pear tree... (just kidding on the partridge).
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