First time backyard chicken-keeper! Excited + picture of my new chickie-babies!

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC!

 

[sunflour]

Such cute babies…I really love the names you have selected. Glad you joined us.

 

[drumstick diva]

Misfit Marie, you fit just fine here. Welcome to backyard chickens. Very glad you joined the flock

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Welcome to BYC! Please make yourself at home and we are here to help.

 

[MisfitMarie]

Thanks SO MUCH for the awesome advice from everyone. I am feeling much more comfortable about this coming winter. I don't mind putting in the extra work to get my growing chickens properly adjusted to the cold. I'll certainly keep a heat lamp out there as well.

More pictures of my EE babies, if you are interested:


^ Baby Rae after messily eating some greek yogurt.


Left: Baby Rae + Right: Tinkerbell


Left: Goldilocks + Right: Eve


Left: Specks + Right: Muffin


Left: Specks + Right: Muffin


Tinkerbell: The bossiest and bravest of the bunch.

 

[sumi]

Welcome to BYC

They are adorable, thank you for sharing! Here is an article on winter chicken keeping with some tips and reassurances:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/winter-chicken-keeping

I'm not a big fan of heat lamps in winter, first of all because of the fire risk and secondly because most chickens don't need it. The most important things to do is to keep the coop draft free, ventilated and keep the humidity levels under control in there.

 

[Michael OShay]

I'm not a big fan of heat lamps in winter, first of all because of the fire risk and secondly because most chickens don't need it.

I second sumi's concerns about the heat lamp. Too often they cause fires in a coop. Just keep the coop draft free and dry, and your EEs will do fine.

 

[N F C]

Very nice pictures, thank you for sharing! In our mixed flock, we have 1 EE and she is such a sweetheart. You're going to have a great time with these!