Anyone else Raising Chicks right now?

[Bleenie]

I've been playing with the brooder babies for the last hour and was wondering if anyone else is raising chicks right now? I had to bring all mine inside because of the nasty weather. They're a little crowded but seem quite happy.

9 Black 'Mystery chicks' (straight run)
4 Buff Wyandotte pullets
3 Barred Rocks pullets(maybe 1 suprise roo)
2 Rhode Island Reds pullets
1 Muscovy ducklet

 

[GammaPoppyLilyFlutter]

Look in the corner of the first picture. One of the mystery chicks looks like it's kissing the BR!

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

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ooh it does! I just noticed that, how cute! I have chicks hatching on Thursday

 

[Bleenie]

I completely missed that!

that BR is my suspected roo too.. already gettin sweet on the girls!!

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I have three silkies in the mud room, one and a half week old.

Also I have four Golden Lakenvelders (5 weeks old) out in a tiny coop with two 100 watt bulbs, and a canvas tarp over their coop. It is WARM in there!! Even in the 18 degree temp.! No huddling or uncomfortable-looking chicks there!

After the silkies get to be about three weeks old, out they go to the coop under lights too! But not in this cold snap.

I keep picking them up and sitting next to the woodstove with them- they are snuggly! I usually don't hold chicks so much.

 

[Bleenie]

That's where mine are, next to the wood stove all cozy in their cage

 

[Tropical Chook]

Yes, I have a whole load of fuzzy butts running about, but of course I don't have to worry about cold weather here in Thailand.

 

[Illia]

Yep, I hatched some Olive Eggers and Easter Eggers a little while ago, and, well, . . . We just got a freak winter storm (We almost never get freezing temps or snow) and lost power last night for over 10 hours.

Let's just say we lost 4 chicks and an entire incubator full of hatching eggs.

Loving our utility district.

Otherwise, our chicks under broody hens especially are doing really well! Broody hens are always a plus . . . They allow chicks to learn free range dieting at an early stage, they all MUCH more cold hardy chicks, and they teach them valuable behaviors. Also, they don't require electricity.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

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That's three of us in WA state with chicks (me included). I'm so sorry for your loss.

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Yup. Hatched out 8 buff silkies and 3 ameraucanas last Sunday. They will stay in the house until they are completely feathered out. Our temps are pretty mild, but I'm sure they will get nasty about the time I want to move the babies outside.

I have two hens sharing a pile of eggs between them. They should hatch this week. Fingers crossed!