They are SUPER cute! Yes they are growing and eating machines! To be honest we change the soiled bedding every day with our chicks, because we don't want any chance of wet bedding chilling babies. It's probably overkill but lol. You can put the water up until they are old enough to start...
I like your set up! The only thing I would really change would be to replace the paper towels with pine or hemp shavings. Pine absorbs odor, but more importantly, keeps the chicks body heat and keeps them warm and snuggly. :) Congrats on your new babies, can't wait to see pictures!
LOL .......hahahaha......the barrel shaped thingie lol......One thing I notice is that a lot of people don't know their camera very well. For instance, I have learned and sometimes still get bit by the fact my older Canon only has good sharp focus in the center of the frame, the outer rings are...
A link to my portraiture, this is of my sister's Rhode Island Red, Chicken Nugget of all names, lol....
https://thestarsabovephotography.shootproof.com/gallery/19528560/photo/2614936508
I absolutely love this! That's awesome! I am working on my degree, but got most of my practical education from an Astrophotographer in Massachusetts of all places. Astrophotography was my first foray into photography and I was hooked!
March 24,2025
Well yesterday was a big day for us. We upgraded the Girls' brooder from a smaller plastic tote to one of the big boy totes from Home Depot. You know, those big black totes with the yellow lids? It's doubled their useable space, which we discovered meant that Flight School...
So I turned the BIG 50 this past November. My sister has a backyard flock of mixed breeds, from Easter Eggers, to Orpingtons and Cochins....long story short I don't speak to her anymore, but I'd always wanted chickens way before she got her flock, that just enhanced the reminder . When we were...