new at raising chicks

  1. B

    Hello from NH!

    I've recently started with 4 baby chicks. They've gone from a soft downy yellow to 4 strikingly white beauties. I'm loving their personalities already.
  2. M

    Nanny way in over her head :)

    Hey everyone! I’m a nanny to a awesome family with 4 great kids! They just told me they want a chicken coop and 4 chickens in the next two weeks. I ordered a coop but now I have no idea what to do next. My boss said he wanted cool chickens.. something about indigo and red ones? I have no idea...
  3. UrbanHomesteadMama

    Hi From California!

    1) Are you new to chickens /when did you first get chickens? I have been a chicken sitter for my aunt and uncle’s flock but these are our first. We got 3 pullets about 3 weeks ago. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 3 hens (3) What breeds do you have? We have 1 Easter Egger...
  4. pikephillips322

    New chicken dad, eggs hatching! Need advice! PLEASE

    We are pretty new to chickens, weve had our silver duckwing bantums for about 6 months and our hen has been sitting on her first hatch and today we saw the first pip! So exciting! Later in the day we looked again and the egg that had pipped has started unzipping, its face is exposed and theres...
  5. Mortygoescluck

    New member!

    hello! I am a new chicken owner and right now I have two chickens. One hen is a silkie named Morty (she had a brother named Rick, who is enjoying his life at a friends farm being able to be loud as he pleases.) the other is a baby chick, who I feel is a hen because of the coloring on her head...
  6. B

    Hey everyone! We just ordered day old chicks!

    Hi everyone! My husband and I just ordered day old chicks. My husband has experience with baby chicks, horses, and other animals, but I don't. We are a homeschool family of 6; we have 4 children ages 3 months, almost 2 years old, 7 years old, and almost 10 years old. My sister in law has a...
  7. jmafisher

    Advice on using old coops

    We are in the process of buying a farm and it has two existing chicken coops that have not been used for years. The one on the left is attached to a "barn" and the other is free standing, I don't have the exact measurements but they seem to be about 10' by 20'. They both have large windows...
  8. C

    I have no idea what I’m doing...

    Hello Keepers of Chicken Knowledge! I am a total newbie to all things clucking. I mean, I know how delicious they can be, but that’s it. We are a homeschooling military family who have stumbled into stealth chicken keeping. My sister bought our kids (my 2 and her 2) baby chicks. Somehow, I have...
  9. Ronya76

    I’m new here! I have 10 chicks and 2 ducks! I’d love some info!

    So I went to Tractor Supply and got 6 chicks- correction- my kids went to Tarctor supply and bought 6 chicks.. 2 days later I went in for something and came home with 2 “supposedly” Pekin ducklings. Two days later I was in again because my sons chick died and so we bought 4 more and they threw...
  10. lolimoc

    New Member Alert!

    hi I'm Loli, nice to meet everyone. I own: 2 male silkies (one partridge)(one white) 2 silkie hens(both are partridge but one has more yellow and the other has more brown) 3 splash silkie chicks(unsexed) (1 is 3 weeks old/2 are 4 weeks old) 2 blue silkie chicks(unsexed) (I don't know if they are...
  11. ArihTheMagical

    I have a question about my flock

    I have about ten birds in my flock, three ISA Browns - about week old right now I think a Rhode island read and a buff orphington, who are both close to two weeks, 2 barred rocks, 2 black austrolorps, and Carl the turkey. all two weeks old. I was wondering when they would start laying eggs and...
  12. D

    I am new to keeping chicks, and unfortunately that has shown.

    A few months ago I got 7 chicks from a neighbor. The chicks did fine, they were a week old when I received them. Once their feathers came in we had put them in a coop outside. It's a small coop but was a lot of room for them. And unfortunately we hadn't put a roof/cover over the top. They have...
  13. J

    Hi from Maine!

    Hey everyone, We are brand-spanking new to the chicken world - wish us luck! We ordered 6 chicks that are coming in in 2 weeks - 3 Buffs and 3 Barred Rocks. We picked them as they are known to be more calm and lay a good amount of eggs. We have the brooder all ready to go and are starting to...
  14. J

    Are baby chicks too dirty to hold?

    We are getting 6 baby chicks (3 Buffs and 3 Barred Rocks) in a few weeks (FYI - never have had chickens before). We have the brooder all ready to go and think we will put it in the basement - due to smell and dust (or so I have heard). We would like them socialized though so I am a little...
  15. Kim chee

    Hello

    Hi all, I am a new chicken owner, I got 5 chicks about 3 weeks ago. I have 2 EE's Peaches and Basil a RIR Pennyworth, a white Leghorn Chamomile, and a black sexlink I think she was miss labeled as a Olive egger but as her feathers come in, it is clear she not an Olive Egger, but I love Tansy...
  16. jcc1170

    New to chickens

    Hello, I have 5 new chicks that are 2 weeks old now, Just a random assortment picked out by my wife (a couple of polish, sebright, rir, and an americana). Looking to learn what I can to keep my chickens happy and healthy.
  17. Kim chee

    Chick suddenly has a limp

    It was a nice sunny day so I let my chicks go out in a little chicken tractor that is enclosed. I tried to keep an eye on them as I feed and watered the horse but I came back to find that Basil my EE suddenly has a limp, she is about 3 weeks old and has been healthy so far, I can't see any...
  18. LoriFitz

    Make: feather boa mom for your baby chicks

    My babies love their Pretend mama! I placed a 10” piece of my daughters old feather boa into the new hatchery and my babies just fuss over it. They cuddle in and bury themselves into the mass of fluff! Highly recommend this for your new peeps!
  19. K

    Newbie Momma Chick

    Got my first set of chicks 2weeks ago and I love them so much!! I've got 15 little angels I have 3 black sex links, 3 production red, 1 ameraucana, 1 silkie, 2 polish, and 4 other bantams.
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  20. Bettyboop7499

    New to the Chicken world..

    Hello! I have just started raising chickens, I have 12 babies(4weeks old), and I love it! I worry I may be addicted! I catch myself going by the chicks at the feed store and yearning to get a couple more, the only thing that stops me is they will only sell 4 at a time... Anywho, I've come to...
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