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Ok, I have a new question that I didn't see addressed in the handbook. When does a "collection of tractors" become "chicken shanty town"?

Quote: That's the truth for sure!! I was originally given chickens as a gift by my ex-husband and reintroduced to chickens when my son's friend's mom gave us her chickens when she had to move. Your post is too eerily true for me, lol!

WELL. The Ideal order showed up but half of them were dead or died on arrival. That sucked. I had ordered sussex and WFBS and added some ideal whites and EE to fill the order. All of the sussex and WFBS are the ones that died. So, I have 4 ideal whites and 3 EE and a couple SL "just...

Quote: I had tried the incubator thing before and wasn't highly successful. Once I start getting fertile eggs, I may experiment again.

Quote: Actually, I had a screen made to cover the bathtub. I'm thinking about starting from that screen (2ft x 8ft) and fashioning a proper brooder. The rubbermaid thing sounds good. The bathtub is big for just a few chicks, anyway. Another friend had suggested to use an old fish aquarium...

Quote: No, that is one of the reasons I emptied the bathtub in the first place. I have to double check with Ideal just what is on that order....

Quote: no, no, no... I moved the chickies from inside, in the bathroom to outside, on the backporch. I thought that was progress.... (until I realized that it was only because A) my bathroom was covered in chickie dust and B) I was getting more chickies from Ideal in a week).

Ok, I think I have come to step 2 or 3, I'm not sure. The bathroom was coated with a fine layer of dust, so I set up abrooder on the backporch. Progress, no?

THE TWELVE STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we...

Oh, hell, I had already tried the incubator thing before now... hell, I got the steps all wrong, I have to start over and try again!

I think I passed through denial when I convinced myself that it was perfectly normal to occupy my bathroom with chicks for a month. Are the books or support groups in place?

ennh... I don't even like to eat duck... The chickens are more than enough keeping me busy for now.

"Hi, my name is Jennifer and I have 16 baby chicks in my bathtub and 16 more ordered from Ideal...." I heard that admitting is the first step, then what?!?