Rorris999
In the Brooder
- Jan 23, 2021
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Hi,
So nice to find this site! I googled backyard chickens and found you!
My 9 yo daughter is quite a planner and did all the shopping and planning for our 9 baby chicks! All female, we hope, Rhode Island Reds. They arrived by mail yesterday and are happily living in a good-sized wire crate in her room. She’s in charge, but we want to help when we can.
We live in Maryland, so we’ve got them a nice warm brooding mat atop of pvc pipe, purchased on Amazon. They are peeping a lot and pecking happily on milk-soaked bread and on dry rolled oats. Happily drinking from their water dispenser.
I’m in need of help guessing how many will make it through the first few months, so we know what size coop to buy/build outdoors. I’m hoping we won’t really end up with 9 egg laying hens, or we’ll be secretly dropping off eggs at our neighbors houses!!
Our family includes our 9yo daughter, me and my husband, as well as a 5yo foxhound adopted in July (yep, a pandemic dog), a 5yo cat, a newt, and a betta fish. It’s a zoo!!!
We have neighbors with chickens, so we are planning to hit them up for info!!!
Nice to find this community!
Rebecca
So nice to find this site! I googled backyard chickens and found you!
My 9 yo daughter is quite a planner and did all the shopping and planning for our 9 baby chicks! All female, we hope, Rhode Island Reds. They arrived by mail yesterday and are happily living in a good-sized wire crate in her room. She’s in charge, but we want to help when we can.
We live in Maryland, so we’ve got them a nice warm brooding mat atop of pvc pipe, purchased on Amazon. They are peeping a lot and pecking happily on milk-soaked bread and on dry rolled oats. Happily drinking from their water dispenser.
I’m in need of help guessing how many will make it through the first few months, so we know what size coop to buy/build outdoors. I’m hoping we won’t really end up with 9 egg laying hens, or we’ll be secretly dropping off eggs at our neighbors houses!!
Our family includes our 9yo daughter, me and my husband, as well as a 5yo foxhound adopted in July (yep, a pandemic dog), a 5yo cat, a newt, and a betta fish. It’s a zoo!!!
We have neighbors with chickens, so we are planning to hit them up for info!!!
Nice to find this community!
Rebecca