My husband and I do this! We buy 15 chicks online (they send us at least 16 each time) so they cost about $60 from Murray McMurray hatchery with shipping. We do not get them vaccinated but we do get the electrolyte solution. We got them a large baby pool to brood in and have to replace the $10...
This is really great info!
The importance of heritage breeds to me is more-so conserving the breeds our great-grandparents raised that were able to feed and provide for whole families. Not so much show chicken quality.
I'm glad you said that, I probably would've gotten only what I (think) I...
So my husband and I currently raise meat rabbits and have several hens for eggs and I would like to start raising chickens for meat.
What I value: I am a huge fan of self-sustainability. I try to limit myself to what I can grow or raise and I purchase only what I can't grow myself to feed my...
I am super scared to do new things and there may be 1000 better ways to do things but I've always done what works! A lot of time my control freak side makes life harder and just gives me more to stress about and more chores to do!! I have a few one-week old chicks now so I will DEFINITELY be...
Thank y’all for your responses. My husband just called and said that she didn’t make it): I don’t know what happened. She was growing fast and seemed to be so healthy!
Thank you. My husband says she’s starting to chirp a lot and will squirm a little bit now when he picks her up so maybe she’s starting to be a little more alert?
I have 2 adult chickens: a Silver-Laced Wyandotte named Melania and a Barred Plymouth Rock named Patty, and 4 baby chickens: a Black Australorp named Bellachick Lestrange, a White Rock named Aurora (she sleeps a lot), a Buff Orpington named Amarilla, and a Light Brahma named Murgee. (: Amarilla...
I have four, week old baby chicks. They were all just fine yesterday but this morning I found one on the far side of the coop away from the light all sprawled out and breathing really hard. They're all pretty skittish but she didn't even flinch when I went to pick her up. She tweeted a little...
I’m sorry, I said that in a confusing way. I got 9 one-day-old chicks. They’re not 9 days old I have 9 of them. So they were in transit over 24 hours and there were 9. There was nothing in the box
Brooder temp: 97-100 they’re in the garage so temp fluxuates
Dipping beaks in water: yes
Eating and drinking: unsure, this morning they were all eating and drinking the same and tonight she only ate and drank a small amount compared to the others. I had to work today so I didn’t watch them...
I just received 9 day-old chicks this morning in the mail. They were all acting normal and seemed fine when I got home from work. Tonight one of them was acting really sleepy. They all seemed pretty sleepy but this one wouldn’t startle at anything like the others. She would fall asleep standing...
Today I received 9 day-old chickens from Ideal Poultry. I can only have 4 to add to my flock of 2 but the website had a $25 minimum order fee which ended up being 9 chicks. Anyway, I like the idea of having a diverse flock of hens so I ordered 3 Australorps, 2 brahmas, 2 white rocks and 2 buff...