Recent content by Volker27

We use pine pellets. They absorb the smell SO good and we have them in the house.

Mine are all 12-16 days old and have already started 'sprouting' feathers. When they flap their wings really hard, the chick down goes flying.

We got our chicks last Saturday from an awesome feed store that has an annual 'chick day'. They don't get their chicks usually until the day before 'chick day.' SO, we got 5 different breeds. I picked out an Australorp, put it in the box, bought all my chicks, got in the car, and noticed that...

My chicks are a week old (+ a couple of days with some of them) and I bought a bag of all purpose sand to use for them to play around in/dust bathe since I noticed one of my chicks was trying to dust bathe in the bedding. I filled a pie plate with some of it, and the one that has been trying to...

This is my first post, but I've been lurking and learning for months now! Tomorrow is the big day!! We have 4 baby chicks coming our way. We've been preparing and planning. Our outdoor coop is almost done... But I'm most nervous about bringing home the babies. I was wondering if you all could...