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This is my 4th year In a row of raising chicks from Day 1 of arrival (2-3 days old) in a fenced off portion of my coop with mama heat pad, and on my 4th year in a row my plan to open “Chick Panic Doors” for them to meet the hens in their own terms went out the window within less than 30 seconds...

No problem,’you will be fine. Sitting 12 hours after sitting 72 hours is no diff to the chicks. In my experience most times they show up early. Mine still says arriving 6 PM tomorrow - I already have them home from the post office today.

Thank you all. No idea how I’ve had some of these birds for 4 years and never noticed that color there.

Maybe I’ve never paid attention to the area under/behind their eyes (is that their ear lobe?) where it is whitish. Is this normal? For some reason looking at my hens just now I wondered if this was usually red. Thanks!

Thanks

I bought 3 female cream leg bars, two of them have a dark head pattern than the 3rd this photo shows both pattens I have. They are 10 weeks old:

Those temps, they will be fine at 3 weeks old. Guessing you mean without heat. As with a mama heat pad they can go out immediately after hatch.

lol no. See my 10 days video in post above.

I prefer a 5 gallon bucket, I only empty and refill every 7-10 days or so.

Does not sound like a balanced and nutritious feed for chickens. What is the goal of your feed? Save money? It is hard to beat the nutritional profile of commercially available feeds.

I lay apron right on ground, no burial. Much easier!

a mini roller brush works for for painting in place

this thread is clickbait

would Homer have had any way of knowing chickens weren’t present in 12th century BC?