First Time Chick Parents, Spring 2016

amberwar8 · May 11, 2016

vadgoo said:
Should all chicks start on medicated feed? I was hoping to use organic.

I started all my chicks on organic starter they are doing awesome

mamatink7 · May 11, 2016

meganberk said:
New mama here!! We got 6 day old Barred rocks last week. I am too excited!!

awwww I bet you're having a blast!!

ladynewtochicks · May 11, 2016

I have just the best friends ever

one of them babysat all day and two others came and were my building assistants for the day. The coop went from 10% to 90% finished!!
Even did the couple things I was going to save for my husband. All we have left is another coat of paint on the poop tray, deck over the floor, and add a couple trim pieces

pictures when it's done

Edit: just found out my friend took this one mid way today

Those are my feet lol

This is what it started as

Jensownzoo · May 12, 2016

Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons arrived this morning! They are so pretty!

vadgoo · May 12, 2016

I was given mash feed at store, told thats what I needed for chicks that were layers. I just saw that mash was mixed with water? Not sure what I really need.

RonC · May 12, 2016

vadgoo said:
I was given mash feed at store, told thats what I needed for chicks that were layers. I just saw that mash was mixed with water? Not sure what I really need.

Chick starter is what they need. As they get older a little mash as a treat will not hurt them.

vadgoo · May 12, 2016

It is chick starter but mash not crumbles, do I need crumbles instead?

Jensownzoo · May 12, 2016

vadgoo said:
It is chick starter but mash not crumbles, do I need crumbles instead?

You can make it work if you want. I do fermented chick feed, so it's basically a mash and they eat it up just fine. The only different between mash, crumbles, and pellets is texture...the ingredients are the same.

canehdianchick · May 12, 2016

Oh my word the candy Cornish chicks are adorable!!!

We ordered 25 of the leftover chicks from the 5 dual purpose breeds that the hatchery we ordered from carried. We are more excited to have chickens of any kind so didn't really go down a specific breed for yield route---We ended up getting 26 chicks so that's more than enough eggs for us regardless...and I think (from my very inexperienced eye) that we have:

1 x Barred Plymouth Rock
8 x Red Rock Cross
9 x Columbian Rock
8 x orangey chicks that could be either Rhode Island Reds or Red Sussex.

I'm pretty thrilled because we tried to order 24 pullets and 1 cockerel but they told us there would be no cockerels available... Well I have one (and they're only 2 weeks old so I could be totally wrong) that I'm convinced will be my roo!

Where I moved from there is a restaurant called the Tartan Toque that has the best voted wings on Vancouver Island --- and they make the most delicious wing sauces that you can have tossed on their incredible French fries. Our coop is the Tartan Coop and the birds are mostly named after wing sauces. Probably a bit morbid ... But they are all layers.