Hey, I'm a chicken n00b

[drumstick diva]

Are they drinking water and eating proper chick feed. Very young chicks often need to be shown where water, food is

 

[CannedMonster]

Growing chicks have different nutrition needs than adults.
You want to feed them either starter/grower feed or a good all flock feed. 20-22% protein is good.
I highly recommend reading a book about raising backyard chickens as you will have it available for reference even when you can’t jump on the computer.

 

[Treerooted]

Well that's pretty hilarious, but of course stressful too! Glad you'll be able to make it work. Ditto on grabbing a crash-course book that will cover the basic info you need.
Also the learning center is a good place to start on BYC:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/learning-center.11/

Welcome, good luck and have fun!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy and welcome to Backyard Chickens. Don't be to hard on your son ...sounds like me at that age...."can we keep it Mom, please...it followed me home".
Hope you have a most excellent adventure in raising the little fluffballs.

 

[Yowza Wowza]

It's nice to have you here!