My dad bought some Hartz Gravel 'n Grit from Walmart. I want to start using it for my chicks, but the ingredients are Gravel, Calcium Carbonate, Sorbolite clay. I heard that young chicks should not have too much calcium. Also, some of the gravel pebbles looks like a little too big for a...
So this morning I woke up to my mom telling me the post office called. I was so excited and I went go pick them up. Because they came early, I had to set up a quick brooder. There is not hear lamp, but I got a hot water bottle in there and a heater in the room. I got 11 chicks. A red...
So my chicks are coming this Friday and I'm working on my brooder. I ordered 3 pullet chicks, but I know I'm gonna get a ton of packing peanuts. I'm holding onto the little roos for the first weekend and I'm making a temporary brooder for them. I went out and bought 2 150W lightbulbs, but I'm...
So my chickies are coming this Friday and I'm really excited. I ordered a red cochin, a buff orpington, and a barred plymouth rock from Ideal. I'm scared that the packing peanuts may be the same breed of one of the chicks I ordered. If that is the case, what do I do? Does the hatchery...
Hi everyone,
I'm from Rochester Hills Michigan and I'm a senior in high school. I always wanted chickens when I was a little kid, and once unsuccessfully tried to hatch eggs. Now I decided to revisit this dream, since I have so much free time now. I mentioned this to my parents and little...