Baby chicks come Wednesday! EPPP IM SO EXCITED!! :)

[HatchingFever]

tryin to help u out find out everthing u need to nop before getting an animal

 

[feather and mountain man]

We use a metal wash tub or a rubbermaid tub or sometimes it is better weather we use our outside wooden box.

 

[somissemilyy]

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Oh trust me I will post pics, maybe even a video!

 

[somissemilyy]

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I found a long rubbermaid tub upstairs im going to use, thanks!

 

[somissemilyy]

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Thanks for your advice!

 

[mrs_woodguy]

I was told to put a few pebbles in the waterer so they don't drown. I was also told to keep a close eye on the temperature. I lowered it five degrees every week. I do believe the beginning temperature was 95 degrees. I put some of the starter crumbles on the floor of the brooder. Make sure to change the water often it gets funky quick. And make sure to take a lot of pictures they go from cute fuzzies to baby chickens in the blink of an eye.

 

[1978steven]

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Great info, never thought of using a Rubbermaid container. I know where I'll be going tomorrow.....

 

[somissemilyy]

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I will take loads of pictures, trust me! I will do the pebble thing cause we have a rocky drive way. We also ordered a thermometer with my chicks. I'm so egg-cited!

 

[CannonChicks]

Use the newspaper or pineshavings. A man advised me this and he knows his stuff. He replied me back this qoute below when I asked about my chicks playing/eating maybe the newspaper in their brooder. Like I said though, I bought a 50lb bag of chick feed, they'll never eat that much so I cover half of the floor of the brooder in it so that can scratch and their feet don't slip.

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[Ladybird CA]

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I wouldn't cull a chick who got spraddle leg, I had a silkie chick with it (when I first used newspaper- the shiny kind) then taped her legs with a big bandaid and she grew up healthy.