Recent content by FlewTheCoop AK

Sorry for the confusion. I meant I removed everything from the brooder ---- chicks, food, water, etc. in order to clean it ---- about 30 minutes or so, and then put it all back. They do have access to food and water full time---just maybe not when I'm cleaning. I was worried that removing...

Are you not supposed to take it out? I've been taking everything out every day this week to clean the brooder. Not sure if this has stressed them out? I lost 3. One on Tuesday, One on Weds. and One on Thursday. Clearly I'm doing something wrong. One was really weak (the feather footed...

thanks for the tips. Much appreciated.

narcalepsy. EXACTLY!!

Pine chips!!! I meant Pine chips got soaked.

So this morning at 7:20 am the USPS called and said my chicks had arrived!!!!!! DH ran right over and got them while I warmed up the brooder. Happy to report that all 15+1 arrived alive and well, though I have read about a lot of DOA from shipping. I got them settled, but had to go to work...

My coop is not big enough for chicken math............. I don't even have my first bird yet, and I'm already planning the coop expansion.

So this is my first post. After "lurking" for more than a year, I recently joined BYC. One great thing about lurking for so long was that I pretty much scoured all of the coop pics/forum and discussion topics and got some REALLY GREAT ideas from your collective experience before embarking on...