new at raising chicks

So I’ve been asking a lot of questions about my chicks and I am very greatful that you guys are answering me! But I had a question for dust bathes for chicks but I will later on use when they are grown up. This is my first flock that I have had and I have been reading that they need dust baths...

Hello everyone. My name is Diana and I just picked up my chicks yesterday. I have 6 total (fingers crossed for all females). I have 2 Easter eggs, 2 Spitzhauben’s, and 2 Svarthona’s. I currently have them in a spacious tall tote with a feeder and an ice cube tray with rocks and warm water. I...

So, my girls are supposed to get here at the end of June. I'm just wondering what is it you wish you knew, bought, did different when you got your first chickens? Trying to be as prepared as possible before they get here lol.

On June 29th I'll have my (hopefully all) girls! I've done lots of research so far, and I wanted a mix of good egg layers, and good with kids. Since it's my first time I went with 6 who look nothing alike lol.... Australorp, Buff Orpington, Speckled Susssex, Barred Rock, Delaware, and a New...

Hello everyone!! My name is Bailee and I am a soon to be chick mom. We are planning on picking up 6 egg laying chicks this Weds and we do not know the exact breeds that will be available. We wanted to get chickens for new feathery friends and their eggs! I live on the east end of Long Island and...

Hello everyone! I have been reading the BYC forums for the last 4 or 5 months and there is such a wealth of information here! My husband and I are brand new chicken keepers and we picked up our chicks from Meyer Hatchery in mid-March right around the time of Ohio's mandated stay-at-home order...

Hi everyone, During this strange time of shelter-in-place, I had a crazy idea to convert our old playhouse into a chicken coop. On the day our state implemented the shelter-in-place order (March 30th) we stopped by the local Tractor Supply and bought 6 pullets, feed, waterer and feeder. We had...

Hey! So I'm about to be a parent of a few day old Rhode Island White chicks and a Pekin duck. I just wanted to hop on here and ask for some basic advice. I know the chicks should have a heat lamp of around 99-100 degrees the first few days, so what is the best lamp y'all have used? And what...

I moved to KY four months ago. Our property has a chicken coop already on it. We (kids and I) have been reading The chicken chick's guide to Backyard Chickens. We have cleaned out the coop - they went the deep bedding method. We are going to put down a floor. We have read and read about the...

Hello - I did not have chickens - I just got adopted by a single Guinea, I live just outside of town on a rectangle 3 acres - deep lot. About 2 weeks ago a Guinea chicken showed up. Running around franticly all over screaming and sometimes in circles. Up and down the street to the neighbors...

hello friends and chicken family. Today I went to purchase a coop for my 2 week old chicks and decided to get the Snap & lock large chicken coop. It was on display for 300$ at my local tractor supply BUT its normally 800$ purchase online. I was a little confused because I have seen the same coop...

Hello all and am excited to make my first post. I have 10 8 week old hens (2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Golden Buffs, 2 Cream Legbars, and 2 Barnevelders). It is really interesting getting to see their personalities develop. The idea of breeding to blend their traits really fascinates...

Hello! My fiancé and I recently decided to get some chickens for the first time. We’re all set with supplies, a coop, etc. We know what breeds we like and city ordinance says we can’t have roosters. The only ones I’ve found that meet our needs are from Craigslist...

Hi all! I'm excited to be a part of this group! Here are my responses to the newbie questions... (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am soooo green! I got my chicks in early March. I wanted the eggs. I didn't know I'd get so dang attached. (2) How many chickens do...

Please help woke up to this little guy sneezing too often. its past noon still sneezing but less frequent and now had to clean his pasty butt. not pooping often since. Its chirping sounds so whistly and trembling each time he does. Changed the box shouldn't be dusty. It is possible it has...

Hi my name is Venessa. I am from south Texas. I am very new to chicken raising, my husband surprised me yesterday with 2 chickens he got from a man on the side of the road. Of course, he got no information from the man..no age..no breed. I will post a thread for help with that, after my...

Hey Y'all! Got these "pullets" back in the very end of March. 3 Black Aussies, 3 Amberlinks...supposed to all be pullets. I have one Aussie who is small, but ballsy as all get out, and with a flipped tail, and LOUD. She's also highly inquisitive. She talks the most smack all the time, and...

Hi All! So we are brand new to chickens. We got 6 chicks at the end of April, (3 Australorps, 3 Amberlinks) for eggs. We live in a suburban area of NE Ohio on 1/3 acre. My husband is almost done with the coop and run. The chickens are almost full size now, and currently housed in a huge...

(1) I am new to owning chickens this year and got my first 3 from a lady who got 3 baby chicks for her children for Easter. She came to the pet store I was working at and asked for advice on how to feed and care for them. I helped her as best I could and when I asked her what she was going to do...

My 2 year old rouen (sorry if I spelled it wrong) this morning dissapeared and I couldent find her later I found her in the nesting box on top off a pile of eggs. She is being very broody and she has laid before and never gone broody.there is a two year old drake pekin in there as well with her...