OK...let me start by saying I got my first chicks less than a month ago and am ALREADY a victim of "chicken math"...lol
My son and I went in TSC the beginning of the month to get cat food & litter...until my son spotted the chicks & ducklings. I finally managed to get out of there with 4 straight run mystery bantums (they turned out to be a white silkie, a silver seabright, a millie fleure d'uccle, and a golden brahma) and 2 pekin ducklings. We lost the little d'uccle on day 3. The next day (day 4) I went back to get wire for the top of my "brooder totes" and my kids suckered me into 4 pullets (2 turned out to be red stars & the other appears to be a rock mix) and 2 more mystery bantums (wich ended up being americunas). I was back in TSC the next day (no clue why) and ran into a girl I knew who was looking at the chicks. I didn't want another 6 birds, but they had mallards in, so I gave her my money & she checked my babies out with hers since you can't buy less than 6 birds total here in Ohio. We lost an americuna the next day because it got smothered under the chicken pile over night. My 2 pekins got so big so fast that I knew I wasn't going to be able to keep them in the coop with the rest when I got it built so I began to look for a home for them since they were being mean to the rest of my babies. Everyone went to the coop 3 nights ago & the next morning my pekins were sent to a new home. Grand total: 10 birds (4 standard pullets, 4 bantums, 2 mallards) And I'm praying not more than 1 of my bantys is a roo...lol
My son and I went in TSC the beginning of the month to get cat food & litter...until my son spotted the chicks & ducklings. I finally managed to get out of there with 4 straight run mystery bantums (they turned out to be a white silkie, a silver seabright, a millie fleure d'uccle, and a golden brahma) and 2 pekin ducklings. We lost the little d'uccle on day 3. The next day (day 4) I went back to get wire for the top of my "brooder totes" and my kids suckered me into 4 pullets (2 turned out to be red stars & the other appears to be a rock mix) and 2 more mystery bantums (wich ended up being americunas). I was back in TSC the next day (no clue why) and ran into a girl I knew who was looking at the chicks. I didn't want another 6 birds, but they had mallards in, so I gave her my money & she checked my babies out with hers since you can't buy less than 6 birds total here in Ohio. We lost an americuna the next day because it got smothered under the chicken pile over night. My 2 pekins got so big so fast that I knew I wasn't going to be able to keep them in the coop with the rest when I got it built so I began to look for a home for them since they were being mean to the rest of my babies. Everyone went to the coop 3 nights ago & the next morning my pekins were sent to a new home. Grand total: 10 birds (4 standard pullets, 4 bantums, 2 mallards) And I'm praying not more than 1 of my bantys is a roo...lol