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A family member passed away unexpectedly and she has 3 incubators on the counter I am at a loss of what to do with. I was told there is a broody hen that she had been planning to put the chicks under, but I know nothing about the actual hatching process! Coming into this at the tail end is a...

Only thing I knew about these 3 ladies is that they came from red barn and that the largest one was older by a few weeks than the other two. Now that they've grown a bit, I am curious as to what breeds they might be. Big girl Henny Penny, smallish single comb and is same size now as my 2 year...

My barred rock hen has just one eye swollen and mostly closed. I can see her eye through her lids just a little and it looks okay. No discharge from it, the other eye is fine, and she's acting perfectly normal. My guess is my roo pecked her and got her good. Aside from keeping it clean and...

They are doing good! I was a little worried about the heat, but they seem to be okay and stick to the shade. They are outside at now 7 weeks finally. Putting them outside was a must! They were getting antsy being in their brooder in the house, and I was getting a little tired of the dust and...

Good to know! I will definitely take the advice, donrae! Thanks :)

Not sure whether Fingers is a pullet or a roo. She/he is 7 weeks old, and has a very smallish comb, but what is making me think she is a he is that it will charge at me, and has for quite a few weeks now. Then just today it tried to fly at me feet first when I was still walking up to their coop...

We finally finished our very first coop today! A lot of trial and error, but I think it turned out okay :). The girls are spending their first night outside tonight! We still have a few things to finish over the next couple days, like proper roosting bars and finishing up the perimeter apron...

Just for fun I tried out the slow motion camera on my week old chicks. The sound is what really startled me! Sounded like a scene out of Jurassic Park, lol!

Thanks! Just being a worry wart. I'll see what it looks like in the morning just to be sure.

I have half a dozen 1 week old chicks, and they are my first chickens. Everyone is eating, drinking, and pooping normal. But I have some first timer questions. How hard or soft should their crops feel? Two of the chicks have crops that I can see plainly just looking at them, and they feel...

I set up my dog kennel (big enough for my Great Dane) for my six chicks I received from Meyer's. Started out simple enough with a divider to keep half of the kennel cooler, but now we have ramps and platforms that I keep adding. I think they enjoy it :)

My girls arrived! They are all napping now after a long trip and some hard boiled egg. And I'm addicted to chick tv!

So exciting!!!

I think that would be perfect! I will definitely make this to offer more of an escape from the lamp. I'd take the top off of it, but it's more for the safety of the chicks. I have 3 cats and the brooder is set up in a spare bedroom. The door is closed but god forbid someone sneaks by my feet I...

Well I tried to convince the DH to let me cut a hole in the dog crate, but no go. So with my thermometer at the ready now I hung the lamp from the ceiling and tried another approach. Now it's pointing into the back and my theory is that the front will be cooler with the grate door to let some...

Going to get a thermometer tomorrow. I really would rather not cut a hole in the crate if I can help it, but I guess I won't really know until I have the thermometer in there. Thanks for the input!

6 more days til they arrive! I think I'm ready for them. Decided to use my Great Dane's crate so that I'd have access from the front rather than coming in from overhead like a scary monster (plus it's huge). We shall see how it goes. The only other thing I may change is the light, gotta get my...

I ordered them from Meyers Hatchery. I know it's a long way away, but my local feed store only had "Assorted Bantams" and I wanted some LF birds. I did see another poster say that they were in FL and had received their Meyer chicks without any incident. So fingers crossed for the gals to have...

I'm glad to see you were pleased with them and that everyone arrived safely. I was a little wary of ordering from so far away, seeing as I'm in Florida. How many days did it take for them to get there, and how many did you order?

Soon to be first time mommy of 6 chicks here! Very thankful for this forum, it has been an absolute wealth of information. The babies aren't even here yet and I've run in and tweaked their brooder I don't even know how many times now after reading some new tidbit of information. These will be...