I've never had baby chicks (or any chicken for that matter) until I got my order in on Tuesday of this week. I'm sure there are things I am not doing right but certainly there are other things I've just misinterpreted.
For example, I kept reading that they LOVE oatmeal and it's good for them...
This is the first time I've ever had chickens and I received my order of baby chicks on Tuesday. This morning one of the little chicks is sitting a lot and she's having a hard time walking. We got her out of the brooder and she can stand but she sort of just uses one foot for balance and puts...
Araucanas/Americanas is what it says on the MCMurray site so I'm assuming that's what I have.
Australorp looks like the black,/white belly ones.
Yay - two identified!
Thanks everyone. I was so exicted this morning that I was shaking when I was fixing their water. My husband was telling me to calm down but now that I'm at work, I can't wait to get back home. I need a webcam set up so I can keep an eye on them.
I'll check out the sites and post photos this...
I have never had chickens before in my life but I ordered a Rainbow Layer Assortment from McMurray (25 chicks and 3 extra Auracaunas, the free exotic, and a free Auracana and another "packing peanut") and after worrying myself silly because they hadn't arrived yet, they arrived this morning. 31...