MrsKuhn
Chirping
New mama hen here too!
My babies are 3 weeks old tomorrow!
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never off topic here(I apologize if this is off-topic but couldn't find a better place to post, and yeah, I'm newbie )
I have new chicks ordered but they won't ship out until July 6th. They will only be trucked about 4 hrs so I'm really hoping they are not heat stressed! I calculated that for the amount of eggs I needed each week I would need 10 good layers. Well....I ordered 12 full-size hens of various breeds so that if I "lost" some I would still have enough... and also got 2 types of Bantams for sweet littles for the granddaughters..3 each, for a total of 18 chickens!!!
I was thinking if I have to feed and check on them twice daily for 6+ months before I ever see my first egg, I might as well get the total amount I will need from the start. It would be really frustrating to put in all that work and only get a couple of eggs/day. Plus, I read somewhere that you should get all the chicks from same location so they are less likely to be sickly.
Somebody with experience PLEASE tell me I have not gone insane and ordered too many!!! LOL
awww. What breeds do you have? My little chicks hatched last Wednesday so they're a wk old now-can't believe it. Getting tail feathers and their personalities are popping up now.New mama hen here too! My babies are 3 weeks old tomorrow!
awww. What breeds do you have? My little chicks hatched last Wednesday so they're a wk old now-can't believe it. Getting tail feathers and their personalities are popping up now.
LOL!! Ahh yes TSC is tricky to actually know they call theirs Amerecaunas but there are several chicks that look like them (speckled Sussex for instance).I would tell you, but then I would have to kill you....
Just kidding, honestly I am not sure. See I went the "I am impatient and want my chicks now " route and went to TSC and got 6 chicks. According to the bins, I "should" have 2 Black Sex Links, 2 Bantams ( don't know breeds ) and 2 what I was told and corrected Easter Eggers ( they had a different name on the bin but I was informed on this forum they are not called that )
What do you have?