Recent content by Deesquared

Lol, me too. How ironic! I really love the Cuckoo Orpington, who is super friendly, but alas, I can't keep any boys.

Hello everyone. I have five Lavender Orpington chicks that my broody Cochin hatched. Two of the chicks have a Black Orpington papa. I think they are mostly boys, but I would appreciate your opinions. Please excuse the weird names. I gave them really silly names when they hatched, so I wouldn't...

I am a newbie, and have used the Mama's Heating Pad with great success. When the chicks were littles, they loved hiding under it, and slept all night long without any fuss. Now that they are 4 weeks old, they like to nap on top of it during the day. They don't sleep under it anymore, but they do...

I'm not sure where they get their birds from. I've tried to find out with no luck, but I didn't want to ask them outright as I was already feeling like I was accusing them of selling me sick birds (which I wasn't!). I was just trying to get information. I'm not sure I should name them here...

Wow, I wouldn't have even considered Mareks. The other three are super healthy and active, so I assumed it wouldn't have been anything contagious. I will have a look at that for sure. I don't think I would be able to get it autopsied. I don't know if anyplace around here would do that, and I...

They are from a local chick supplier. Not a hatchery...they order in the chicks from hatcheries then sell them. They were very helpful and concerned when I went in to replace the two cochins. Asked me what my setup was like, what type of bedding I was using, etc... They made sure the two new...

I've been having a hard time with my first batch of baby chicks. Originally I had 5 chicks, all from a March 1st hatching date. Brought home on Sunday 1 Buff Orpington 2 'Ameraucanas' (likely Easter Eggers) 1 Black Cochin 1 Blue Cochin After one night at home, the black cochin passed away...

Thank you everyone! I appreciate your help and honesty. :) These are my first chicks, so I'm really learning as I go. We had chickens when I was a little kid, but my dad was in charge of them, and he's not around anymore to give me advice. I will have to look at either getting something...

Hello everyone, I'm looking forward to getting four chicks on March 5th, and I made this brooder after searching Pinterest and BYC for many hours! I am hoping to only have the chicks in the brooder for around 4 weeks, then put them out in the coop. They will be 2 LF Cochins, 1 BO and 1...

Thank you all so much for the replies! I took the food back today, along with the heat lamp and light bulbs. I'm going to rig up a Mama's Heating Pad instead! The little jar waterer was only a few bucks, so I'll keep it on hand, but I would like to try to use nipple waterers, as that is what I...

Thank you for all the info LazyGardener! I will look into fermenting for sure!

Thank you MasterofClucker! I will do that. I hope they won't give me any grief. :)

Hi everyone, I am getting my first chicks on March 5th, and wanted to be ready for them, so we went to Tractor Supply and picked up a waterer and feeder for the brooder, along with a bag of chick starter. Now I've read that chicken food can go bad very quickly, and I'm worried that I bought the...