Chicken Math Got Me Bad....

[AnneGirlGG]

Have to figure out how to fit a bigger one in the space I have. The plate in there is 12”x12”.

I could maybe take a wire cutter and cut a portion of the right side wall of the crate out.

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I bet that would work pretty well!

 

[Sefirothe]

I have a 16" x 16" plate coming. Hopefully big enough.

Mean time, the chicks are feathering out nicely. The stage some of them are in tho cracks me up.

The remaining chick down on their heads is like a mullet or old bald man fringe. Plus tiny heads on big fluffy feathered bodies.

 

[AnneGirlGG]

I have a 16" x 16" plate coming. Hopefully big enough.

Mean time, the chicks are feathering out nicely. The stage some of them are in tho cracks me up.

The remaining chick down on their heads is like a mullet or old bald man fringe. Plus tiny heads on big fluffy feathered bodies.

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Lol yeah they crack me up in this phase! They're so cute!

 

[Folly's place]

Love your chick pictures! They do look ridiculous at that stage...
Mary

 

[Sefirothe]

Snapped a handful of pics as they are getting pretty big now. I’ll be taking the heat plate out this weekend and blocking off the communal nest box. Already I’ve seen at least River up chilling in the communal box and I don’t want to have to clean baby cecal poops out of it.

When the mealworm treats are not forked over fast enough, the camera lens must be attacked!

 

[McChooky]

So sorry! Our current bantam chicks were raised in a separate but visible coop area, and gradually opened up to the flock while everyone was free ranging, when they were six and seven weeks old, fully feathered, and locked in their brooder area every night. After a week or ten days, their area is open to the main coop at night too, and they still go there, on or under the brooder plate at night.
I watched carefully during the blending weeks, and no issues came up. Lucky, maybe, but all is well here.
Having broody raised chicks is much easier!
Mary

I cancelled my last order for chicks because I didn't want to go thru all that again then one of my hens went broody (talk about a miracle!)
I gave her every egg I could find and all 5 of them hatched. My chicks were introduced on day 3 and have free ranged in the flock since the 1st week.No more hatchery chicks for me unless its an emergency!

 

[McChooky]

Lost Susie the CCL chick today. Some how the adults managed to catch her out in the run and....it wasnt pretty. I thought they were big enough at this point to be past this stage. Plus she was the quickest and most skittish of all the chicks. Never thought she would have been caught.

Sigh. RIP little Susie.

I am never trying to add a blue egg layer to the flock again. Its not meant to be. Fifth blue egg layer I've lost as a chick since I started keeping chickens.

I'm sorry your favorite chick suffered and had to be culled! Its always our favorite! Its harder to introduce some than others.My last batch of hatchery chicks I had (3 years ago) almost made me pull my hair out.
I haven't raised any since(only broody chicks)

 

[Sefirothe]

I'm sorry your favorite chick suffered and had to be culled! Its always our favorite! Its harder to introduce some than others.My last batch of hatchery chicks I had (3 years ago) almost made me pull my hair out.
I haven't raised any since(only broody chicks)

I’m still currently at 10 chicks and everyone seems to be going strong.

The little snots are starting to sleep on top of their brooder, making more mess for me to clean up.

 

[Beau plus penny]

It seems my time is come I have fallen victim to the great plague of chicken math.

Chicken math has STRUCK and I am officially doomed—in the best way possible! My very first paycheck from Bomgaars didn’t even stand a chance. The universe clearly wants me drowning in feathers and fluff, and I’m not fighting it.

Molly and Holly, my mauve Cochin bantams are already on the way. They’re tiny sass machines, and I just know they’re going to flap around like they own the whole coop.

Sir Speckles, my chocolate mottled Cochin rooster, is coming too—handsome, dramatic, and probably ready to declare himself king the second his feet hit the ground.

But Bunny… oh Bunny. My sweet white Cochin bantam isn’t just another chicken. She’s special. Her soft, snowy feathers and gentle little presence remind me of my old bunny, and it feels like a piece of that comfort is coming back to me in feathery form. I can already picture her hopping around, pecking curiously, and making everything feel like home again.

And because I clearly have no self‑control, Goldie the buff Wyandotte bantam is joining the party—strutting like royalty.

Minnie, my gold‑laced firecracker, is already plotting mischief.

And Lillian, my lavender Silkie, is basically fluff and attitude rolled into one. he’s going to steal hearts left and right.

I don’t even remember how “just one more” spiraled into a full‑blown flock, but here we are. Between my first paycheck, my first shift, and the countdown until my feathery kingdom arrives, I feel like the luckiest chicken nerd alive. My house is about to explode with fluff, personalities, tiny adventures, and nonstop entertainment—and Bunny, in her quiet way, is already making it feel like home.

 

[Folly's place]

We do understand...
Mary