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  1. Mikki7.sharpe@comcast.n17

    Score! Big time!!

    On several fronts! Today DH and I were driving around and scored three HUGE 48 x 48 boxes!! Look behind Office Depot! Who would have thunk it? I was toying with the idea of taping several smaller boxes together, but he wouldn’t give up. (Oh by the way… DH in this case is Darling Hunk… he...
  2. Mikki7.sharpe@comcast.n17

    still waiting...

    It did! Here are the babies... there are about 8 each... little yellow ones , chipmunk looking striped ones, and red/orange ones. One chocolate brown and one black. I think the black one is the rare free one... I have no idea what breed they are, I got the rinbow layers... and really who...
  3. Mikki7.sharpe@comcast.n17

    still waiting...

    did it work?
  4. Mikki7.sharpe@comcast.n17

    still waiting...

    they came!!! I got a call before 6:30 this morning from the PO (those wonderful souls!) One little girl (90% sure it's a girl) was kind of lethargic, but after a few drops of sugar water, she perked up and started eating and drinking. I had to leave for work, but thr BF will check on them...
  5. Mikki7.sharpe@comcast.n17

    still waiting...

    Still no babies this morning! Luckily the postal workers were friendly and empathetic, but I will try again at 7:00 am to start the cycle all over again. Bummer dude! Does McMurray send an e-mail that the chicks have shipped? I got an order confirmation when I ordered, but nothing since. hmmmm
  6. Mikki7.sharpe@comcast.n17

    still waiting...

    Mine are coming from MacMurray as well... I was hoping that if they knew Veteran's day was breaking up the week, they would hold off the hatch by one day by starting the incubation a day later... but what do I know about the hatchery business? Not one dad gum thing! I ordered the rainbow...
  7. Mikki7.sharpe@comcast.n17

    still waiting...

    OK, so I was all excited that my little chicks would be arriving today. Well, hoping actually (anytime between the 11th and the 14th). Did it even occur to me that today was Veteran's day and the post office was closed? Not one thought! I guess it gives me one more day to prepare. This is...
  8. Mikki7.sharpe@comcast.n17

    New Mom (almost) needs advice!

    I can definitely move things around. Right now the lamp is about 14 inches from the bedding. How low can I hang the light? Does it matter as long as I get the 95-100 degree range without giving them access to touch it?
  9. Mikki7.sharpe@comcast.n17

    New Mom (almost) needs advice!

    Newspaper is out! I will put paper towels in this afternoon. I didn't think about the slippery part... I leave the papertowels (cleaned) for two or three days?
  10. Mikki7.sharpe@comcast.n17

    New Mom (almost) needs advice!

    Hi all! I am a soon to be new mom, and have been reading this forum, and many books about chicken rearing... I am due to receive 25 chicks later this week. Yesterday I set up the brooder, a 4x4x2 wooden box. 3 inches of pine shavings, layer of newspaper for the first few days. A 250 watt IR...
  11. Mikki7.sharpe@comcast.n17

    Eggcited new chicken mom

    Hi everyone! My name is Mikki, and I am from the Sacramento area. I am the new mom of 1 Roo, "Slash" and 6 young chickens... hopefully a couple of them are hens, but I am still waiting to find out for certain. I am a country girl born into a big city, and have wanted to keep chickens and...
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