I have 4 one month old chickens and this morning as I do every morning I went in to fill their water and feeder and they are at the age where they want to be out with us. Well Beauty, my Australorpe was sitting on my arm and did not want to go back in. I'm wondering if "I can't come to work...
Karen,
I live in Midtown near Highland and Poplar - I think you are not far away. Sorry for the delay in answering playing with the babies this weekend.
I am also in Memphis and just started my chicken adventure. I have four babies that are 3 weeks old. I decided to join here after all my google searches about chickens ended up pointing me here anyway.
Kim
My babies also came from my pet chicken and are three weeks old now. I leave the lamp on all the time to maintain the proper heat level. They have had no problem sleeping with it on, they run around and then fall down and sleep.
I tried giving them some treats at two weeks, of course I made...
My four babies
Reba - She's a redhead (Rhode Island Red)
Bette - She's a blond and a big presence (EE)
Beauty - she's black and she liked to look in the bird mirror we had (black Australorpe)
Covey - she has markings like a quail (EE)
I feel for you - we were having a rat problem. Our chicks are still in the brooder so they are not outside yet. My husband did the sitting out at night with the BB gun trying to kill them, got a couple but they took to climbing the trees. Put out poison, at that point the brazen rats started...
We are new to chickens too and are definitely in the city. I've had my babies for three weeks and they are so much fun! I've been able to find answers to every questions I've had on this site, and some very nice people. Take a deep breath and just enjoy them when they arrive. You'll be...
I am certainly a city dweller who is dreaming of my husband's retirement when we can move out of here and go somewhere with more room. I got my first chickens almost three weeks ago and never thought I would fall so in love with them. We can only have 6 hens in the city so we started with 4...
This post is really funny. I guess I am seeing what is going to happen to me later. I've had chicks for 10 days and already
"Turn that light on so I can look at their butts"
"Get down from there and get back in the brooder"
"Aren't you feathering out so nice"
We've been using pine shavings since we got out babies last week. I used paper towels over it for the first couple of days. The girls seem to be fine and we have had no problems
Your babies are so cute! I got my chicks on Tuesday 2 of them are EE's. My dog also is obsessed, she is jealous if we pay attention to the chicks and when I showed them to her she tried to lick them. My other dog (who is a rescue and has lived on the street) is still debating whether they...