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This is one of my EEs. We named her Cleopatra bc she has markings around her eyes like Egyptian eye liner.

We let the babies outside yesterday and they had a blast!

Yeah the black ones are definitely barred rocks. And the other ones could be ameracaunas or easter eggers. Both are super good birds.

We named one of our EEs Cleopatra (Cleo for short) because it looks like she is wearing eyeliner like the Egyptians.

One of my barred rocks is starting to get the white pattern!

I'm still waiting for my permit to come in with the exact number of babies I can have. Once that comes in I'll let you know! I wanted at least 2 EEs.

I finally got my chicks! So far we have 2 Barred Rocks, 2 RIR and 2 Black Australorps. I'm picking up an Ameraucana/EE today.

And one of my barred rocks is SUPER friendly already

No they don't have grit but they have the crumbles. Do they still need grit? Its kind of weird that its just my 2 Australorps with the poop stuck to their butt

One of my chicks has poop stuck to her butt. Can I just wipe it off? She's not sick is she? Sorry, I'm a first time chick parent and I'm a little over protective.

I just started this whole chicken thing and I picked up a couple barred rocks (among others) on Wednesday. I'm already falling in love!

My dad wants us to name them hawk, eagle, fox, etc. (Basically predator names) lol

I got chicks last night! My youngest is just so in love with them already lol

Ok I fixed it so its not resting on it anymore. Thanks for the help!

Hi I was wondering if it was dangerous to have my heat lamp resting on the hardware cloth of my brooder. Its the perfect spot to keep my chicks nice and warm but not too warm. Its not touching any of the plastic, just the metal. Thanks!

Well I was going to start with 6 but everyone keeps saying chicken math is definitely a thing and I'll end up with 12 so I made it bigger. There's going to be a couple windows and also a few vent spaces. I figured it wouldn't be too hard to plan out a couple more. I haven't bought the lumber yet...

I live on the edge of Elkhorn/Waterloo. I was going to build an 8 foot by 4 foot "shed" type thing. Like this:

Hey Jimbob, how far from Omaha are you? I'm building a coop here in a few weeks if you want to help.

Where is the best place to get chicks from? Preferably within driving distance (2hrs) from Omaha or a low shipping fee? I really don't want to spend $40 on shipping. I really only want 6-12 chickens. Any help would be appreciated!

So if I get 6 chickens now and then 6 chickens next year, logically I will have only half my chickens molting at a time? Or would it be like 2 separate flocks?