I ordered baby chicks today

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I have two broody hens and wanted to add some new breeds to my flock. I thought about ordering eggs, but had bad luck on my first batch of shipped eggs. I also have many roosters right now. I decided I would slip some new babies under my hens in a couple of weeks and ordered from Ideal.

I ordered (all pullets and all large fowl)

2 silver laced cochins
2 blue cochins
1 light brahma
2 easter eggers
2 black langshans

They will be shipped Aug 22
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Fingers crossed for a happy adoption story!
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My mom has a persistently broody Australorp and isn't wanting to add to her flock so she recently suggested that I might take her. It's soooooo tempting...

Have you done this before?
 
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One of my broody hens is an australorp. This is her second time and she isn't even a year old yet, BUT I did choose australorp for broodiness.
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I love my australorps. They have great personalities and when not broody seem to lay several eggs a week. I'd take another! Yes! Take her!

I haven't tried adoption before, but my fingers are crossed for success and I am pretty confident at least one of them will accept the babies, hopefully both will. I have the delivery timed for 3 weeks.

The australorp raised some babies a couple months ago, 5 babies. She was a great mom, so great she wants another go at it!

The other hen is a young buff brahma. Her first time.
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I just thought about something...I am supposed to keep the babies quarantined for 30 days. hmm. With all the egg shopping, I didn't even think about that. I just decided to skip right over the incubation process.
 
I don't know if it is necessary to quarantine day olds. You will most likely need to keep them seperate unless one of your broodys adopts them since they won't have a mother for protection.
I know it is wise to quarantine new stock but I don't know what a day old could be carrying that they would pass on.
 
jdywntr said:
I don't know if it is necessary to quarantine day olds. You will most likely need to keep them seperate unless one of your broodys adopts them since they won't have a mother for protection.
I know it is wise to quarantine new stock but I don't know what a day old could be carrying that they would pass on.
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Okay. Good to hear this opinion. Thanks. Yes I can raise them if neither of the broodies will adopt them, but I feel encouraged that my australorp will accept them, if not both of them. My fingers are crossed anyway! :)
 
I wouldn't quarantine newly hatched chicks. They go from an incubator to a shipping box -- they never even touch the soil and are not likely to be out near the adults so there is very little chance of them catching anything.
 
I added to my order to avoid "packing peanuts,"
two white leghorns and two more easter eggers
 
I spoke to an Ideal rep and she doubted they will add peanuts because of the number of chicks. I told her I really can't take on anymore roosters now.
 

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