Completely new chick owner

[Christinbe]

Oh okay. I will put towels on the floor for the first week and a half. =]

 

[Moselle]

I'd hang on to the pine shavings - after a couple of weeks, your chicks will be used to eating their food and the pine will work great. For the first couple weeks I used pine shavings with paper towels over them, but it would have worked just as well leaving out the pine. It wasn't long before they figured out how to pull the paper towels back and get into the bedding anyway.

I changed the paper towels frequently - twice a day - morning and before bed. Now that they are 4 weeks old, I change their pine bedding once a week.

 

[Christinbe]

Eeeep! I got two Americaunas and will get the two Rhode Islands friday or something. Here is pics of the brooder-ish and them. I named the black one Tiddle and the other one Shinky lol! =]

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4063/chicks1gx3.jpg

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9059/chicks2in1.jpg

 

[Cheryl]

you might also want to put some marbles in the water, believe it or not, the chicks can drown in even that shallow water...

 

[Christinbe]

Okie dokie. Hehe and I changed their names. The black one is Spud, and the other one is Fluff. My brothers named Fluff lol!

 

[Christinbe]

Big changes! I now have Spud, Fluff, Tink, Pang, and Ritz! Whoo!!! And they are in the coop now! Yay!!!

 

[chcknrs]

Wait, that's five names!!!Did you get another chick? You gotta send a pic of your chicks in the coop!

 

[Christinbe]

Hehee. Yes, I have a partidge cochin or something like that too. Pic:

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9639/dsc07750if6.jpg

 

[Christinbe]

My stupid dog killed Ritz!!! AUGH!!!

I was opening the door in the coop, and he ran through my legs and grabbed Ritz and wouldn't let go for a few minutes.