Anyone impatiently waiting for your baby chicks to arrive?!?!

[TnMama]

mine are in the living room. I use my dog kennel too as a brooder. I don't have anywhere else to put them,

 

[TnMama]

My chicks won't be here until after March 17. I have had chickens for several years and currently have a small flock of 6 hens & 2 roosters for eggs. The hens are 2 OE, 1 Araucana, 2 RIR, 1 Black Sex link. The roosters are a Gold Laced Polish Crested and a Barnyard Mutt. The Araucana & the Polish Crested were strays that showed up at my coop wanting in. I thought surely they were some neighbor kids 4H project but no one ever claimed them. (The Araucana has turned out to be a good little layer of blue eggs, the Polish Rooster needs a new home.) I will replace my current laying flock and Roosters with some of the new guys when they grow up. I am working toward a colorful egg basket and for meat. This is what I have on order from McMurray:

4 Buff Orpington pullets
4 Dominique pullets
8 Welsummer straight run
10 Black Langshans straight run
10 Black Jersey Giants straight run
10 Silver Gray Dorkings straight run
8 Barred Rocks straight run
4 Silver laced Wyandotte pullets
6 Americauna pullets
1 free exotic chick

I have come to the conclusion that I have completely lost my mind.

I have only raised 3 or 4 chicks at a time in the past so I am worried about doing so many at once. Right now I am laying in supplies, expanding the run and building some additional housing separate from my existing coop. I have some large wooden packing boxes (like heavy equipment comes in) cut down to use for brooders. I was afraid to try the Cornish X, heard too many horror stories and I kinda like the slow food concept. The Langshans, Jersey Giants & Dorkings will be mostly for meat, although I will probably keep a few hens. The pullets will be mostly for eggs although I will probably cull some of them for meat. I have never raised chickens for meat, just my few hens for eggs. I am worried about running the Jersey Giants with the rest of the flock.

Do you think my husband will notice when we go from 8 chickens to 60?

IM RIGHT THERE WITH YOU!

I have 6, outisde, 9 brooding and 41 coming. I've lost it

 

[carikermoon]

My chicks ship on the 23 from Ohio and I see that yet another polar vortex thingy is due THEN in the Ohio area. Good grief. Why won't this winter weather just take a break? At least until my chicks are safely in their new brooder.

 

[Kadu]

IM RIGHT THERE WITH YOU!

I have 6, outisde, 9 brooding and 41 coming. I've lost it

haha! I've been going to the farmer's co-op and TSC to buy chicks and ducks. Like I don't have any! 27 from the first order are 3 weeks old, got 6 more ducks, 3 bantams and 3 australorps yesterday. TODAY, I got 2 silver laced wyandottes and a barred rock. -.- Seriously. I have not added them up yet. I don't want to. LOL thankfully I have the space for them. My DH said he'll build me a new brooder! Isn't he the best? lol

chicken math!

 

[ceancharles]

My feathered kids will be here tomorrow!!! I am beyond excited. My 9 year old is crawling the walls too. Its going to be awesome!!

 

[mevettese]

I got a bunch of chicks yesterday but I'm not sure of the breeds anyone have suggestions?

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Anyone know what she might be?

 

[jlynnp]

My babies from McMurray have been here almost 2 weeks and they are growing like weeds. Out of the 50+ I got I only lost 3.

 

[carikermoon]

My feathered kids will be here tomorrow!!! I am beyond excited. My 9 year old is crawling the walls too. Its going to be awesome!!

How exciting! What breeds are you getting?

 

[ceancharles]

Bedford?! Lol We just moved to WA last month from Kerrville. We got a SLW, a RIR, an EE, and a Barred Prock. I found some F2 olive egger hatching eggs about 40 miles from where I live to put in the incubator soon too. I figure my driving 40 miles for fresh ones is better than 3 days of USPS driving flying and soccer. I just have to sit down with a calander and get my timing right, I'm out of room in the basement for chickens and plants!

 

[carikermoon]

Kerrvillevto WA? That's quite a move! I have to agree that a short drive is well worth it for eggs be sure and post pics when your chicks arrive tomorrow (and when the others hatch). I can't stand waiting for my chicks so I keep checking this thread to see other people's chicks until mine arrive.