- May 19, 2014
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Hi. I've been "lurking" for about a week now, picking up tips on how to care for my baby girls and boys that are about a week old. I have a mixed bunch. Four broiler boys and 15 Layers: three speckled sussex, three white leghorn, three black sex link, three Rhode Island Reds, and three New Hampshire Reds...I think...lol. Since I'm new to homesteading I didn't know what kind to get, so I figured getting a mixture and seeing how each grew and behaved would be the best way to figure things out. So far, they remind me of...puppies! They're active, dashing all over the place, eating every other second, scratching, pooping, playing in the water...then they keel over and sleep for a bit, before getting up to do it all over again. I pick each one up several times during the day so that they can get used to me handling them. I didn't think taking care of chickens would be this easy.