Hi!
I love TSC! I go to the TSC in Griswold, they have chicks (resist resist resist!! lol). I got my first chicks last year, and the best thing I bought for my chicks was the little kit they have for $19.99, it has the waterer, the feeder, a little bag of feed, and the cardboard divider. Last year it also had coupons in it, they weren't that good though, I think I only used one of them. I brooded my chicks in a metal dog crate, and the waterer and feeder in the kit were the only ones I could find that have handles on them to hang from the bars of the crate. I also used the cardboard barrier as, surprise, a barrier (lol) because once the chicks decide its fun to scratch through bedding, they will SCRATCH through the bedding, and throw the pieces of shavings everywhere! Haha. Anyway, thats my piece of advice.When are you getting your chicks? Where are you getting them from?
We have silkies on order from mypetchicken but they're not hatching til June 11th. Which of course feels like ages from now. TSC had speckled sussex straight run and two unlabeled pullet bins....red and yellow. I would have loved to take home some sussex babies but the evil husband said no. He agreed to silkies and nothing else! It was nice to see and hear them though and I spent a while watching them run around....there was a lively tank and a sleepy one.
We got a brooder lamp and a waterer so that we'd be one step closer to life with chickens. We got a gallon waterer figuring they'll grow to need it but I wonder how big a feeder we need for six Silkies?
Now it's back to spring cleaning. Sigh.
