yes but a bit later on buy them what's called chick grit. if they get any treats they definitely need grit! oh your babies are beautiful!!♡♡♡♡ soooo precious!!!! I just pray mine come alive and healthy!! mine ship April 11. so not this Monday but the next!!! FINALLY.. I ordered in January.I had just put the roof on the expanded coop, so I thought I would give Carolina Fresh Farms a call to see when they might be expecting the delivery as I wanted to get a jump on the competition (they get their chicks from Mt. Healthy Hatcheries). Well they arrived early, they were already there! So I guess they don't quite qualify as April chicks. By the time I got there they were already sold out of Cuckoo Marans (within minutes)!So I got 7 Americanas instead of my planned 5-6. They are all vaccinated, and seem healthy. I chose the most active, alert and least flighty (most friendly) looking ones I could. Two of them actually jogged over and jumped into my hand (seriously, I thought that was an exaggeration)! Since they were all vigorously eating I figure they are at least 3-4 days out of the shell (the yolk sack is supposed to sustain them for three, right?) Which means they really are "Easter" Eggers. I also got a heat lamp and a red bulb, some sweet PDZ fortified brooder straw and some grow crumbles.
Please pardon the weird coloring, that's my photo program's attempt at correcting for the red light. I think I have this set up right.
I put my bike computer in the brood box as it has a temperature gauge built in. I'm trying to set the lamp so the temperature stabilizes at 89F. Correct temperature for the first week I believe is supposed to be between 90-95, and they seem happy at 89, at least they are spread and active, and not all bunched together in one corner. One question, do chicks need grit if they are on grow crumbles? They didn't have any set out for them at the store.
