I've just been letting them come to me for eggs for the last couple of days.
I'm going to have to pick them up soon so I can clean out the brooder today or tomorrow.
Thanks for the advice.
Sigh...here are my critter numbers.
6 cats...we had 5 but one would not leave our porch for a year (yeah...we fed her) and then she got in a fight and was looking pretty pitiful so we took her to the doc and now we have 6 cats.
One dog...a crazy...have folks call before someone comes in the...
Thanks for everyone's support and wonderful welcome. For now I'm just going to hope for the best, look at what I might need to do in the future and figure it out from there.
Hope all is well with everyone!
Best,
Sarita
We got 2 Ameraucanas, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 1 Silver-laced Wyandotte and 2 Rhode Island Reds that will be coming in next week. I'm planning to put a barrier between them when they arrive.
The most calm of the chicks is the Wyandotte. First to eat out of my hand is the smaller Buff Orpington.
They...
Hello,
We just brought home our 5 chicks on Tuesday. We've read up in books and in the forum long before we brought them home.
They seem to be happy in their brooder in the basement.
What didn't make them happy is holding them. One of the books I read said to do that every day...day two...all...