hi guys! i have been obsessively searching this website for months and now am a proud owner of 4 partridge rocks!! so, i told my boys we would have to build a coop before i would order chicks...ok, i shouldn't have let them come to the co-op with me, ughh. thankfully, my coop will be done this weekend or next and the chicks are only 2 weeks old YIPEEE
originally, i was going to order specific "friendly" birds from a recommended breeder but the boys just HAD to have chicks when they saw the cute little things cheeping in the box...the guy at the co-op was extremely laid back when i asked him for advice as we were buying the chicks and supplies, hmmmm. fortunately, the girls are doing really well, a little pasty butt in the beginning, they don't like us very much we hold them every day but they don't seem to be warming up..they only like us when we have a bug haha.
i guess i am blabbering on because i'm curious if getting chicks from the co-op is an ok thing to do?? the girls seem pretty healthy so far. also, i am wondering if the girls will become more friendly as they grow? or will they always run from us unless we have treats? it won't be the end of the world if they never like us, they are really entertaining just to watch. we bought them for the eggs and learning experience anyway.
oh yeah, one more question. we live in a neighborhood, most animals are well kept in their yards but i am wondering if i need to worry about an occasional cat that roams the neighborhood, will she try and kill my birds during the day while they free range in the backyard?
originally, i was going to order specific "friendly" birds from a recommended breeder but the boys just HAD to have chicks when they saw the cute little things cheeping in the box...the guy at the co-op was extremely laid back when i asked him for advice as we were buying the chicks and supplies, hmmmm. fortunately, the girls are doing really well, a little pasty butt in the beginning, they don't like us very much we hold them every day but they don't seem to be warming up..they only like us when we have a bug haha.
i guess i am blabbering on because i'm curious if getting chicks from the co-op is an ok thing to do?? the girls seem pretty healthy so far. also, i am wondering if the girls will become more friendly as they grow? or will they always run from us unless we have treats? it won't be the end of the world if they never like us, they are really entertaining just to watch. we bought them for the eggs and learning experience anyway.
oh yeah, one more question. we live in a neighborhood, most animals are well kept in their yards but i am wondering if i need to worry about an occasional cat that roams the neighborhood, will she try and kill my birds during the day while they free range in the backyard?