Recent content by starlingk

This morning I overheard my husband tell his brother I had become a crazy chicken lady .... treating all 17 chicks like my babies. Well .... yeah .... duh .... I assured him I was not alone :-)

We got Storey's Guide, and Chicken for Dummies -- both were helpful, although I agree, the forum has been more informative.

Thank you!

Mine are 3 weeks old today, and I've given them smushed boiled egg once along with chick grit when they were outside. They weren't sure at first, but within the hour had eaten it all. I'm new at this, I hope I didn't cause a problem.

Our chicks eat constantly ... and when I refill their feeder they fall on it like they've never eaten before. Maybe the person you're getting the chicks from can sell you enough food to get through the night? Good luck!

House chickens, now there's an idea that would make this chick Mom happy ..... not so much her husband probably :-)

In the 3 years our local TSC has been open, we have not been pleased with their product knowledge -- ie no idea and no interest in finding out which belt was needed for a bush-hog purchased from there, that type of thing. But I have been pleasantly surprised with my visits to both the Commerce...

Here is Commerce GA they had the bins open two weeks ago when I bought our first chicks, but they were corralled when I went back this week. Something must have happened to make them change policy across the board. I did have to fill out the form, which they said was "law". I guess they...

Thanks for the tip (I hadn't even seen that topic), but I just tried and it won't let me because I have fewer than 10 posts. Drats. But oh well, I'm sure it won't take me long to get there, I'm going to need lots of help identifying roos in a few weeks.

I'm too new to the forum to post pics, but I have them. If anyone is interested I'll happily send via email. I got carried away at TSC and bought too many chickens. I'd love to find a good home for 4-6 of my "commercial red pullets" - they will be 3 weeks old on Friday, hatched on 3/17/11...

So glad they came today! After a year or so of debate, I'm a first time chicken Mom (4 kids and 6 grand kids, and these chicks still make me SO nervous!). I canceled a mail-order with Stromberg's because they couldn't ship until late May (several different breeds decided upon after much...