How 'extra' do I have to be?

[NewBoots]

Good Evening Flock!
I'm extremely new to chickens. Last night I picked up 10 Rhode Island Red chicks and brought them safely home. They are such fun lil creatures!

I have to ask THE question! Did you get the chicks before or after the coop/run?

Welcome to the funny farm!

 

[TashaFrancois]

That fact that you bothered to ask makes me think you will do just fine. Talk to me in a year after the chicken math kicks in.

 

[meglynnie]

I have to ask THE question! Did you get the chicks before or after the coop/run?

Welcome to the funny farm!

….... before

 

[meglynnie]

That fact that you bothered to ask makes me think you will do just fine. Talk to me in a year after the chicken math kicks in.

That's reassuring! Here I am being my typical over thinking self

 

[blackdog043]

That’s true as well! BYC still an okay place to learn ?

It's a very good place to learn. You will also find out that there are multiple ways to raise chickens. Ask a question and you might get 5 different answers, so you will have to decide which way will work better for you. You may also find out your choice doesn't work well and you have to make changes.

OK, with that out of the way. How are you heating the brooder? If it's by a heat lamp, make sure it is secured a couple different ways, so it doesn't fall into the brooder and start a fire.

 

[meglynnie]

It's a very good place to learn. You will also find out that there are multiple ways to raise chickens. Ask a question and you might get 5 different answers, so you will have to decide which way will work better for you. You may also find out your choice doesn't work well and you have to make changes.

OK, with that out of the way. How are you heating the brooder? If it's by a heat lamp, make sure it is secured a couple different ways, so it doesn't fall into the brooder and start a fire.

I do like how there are no 'right or wrong' answers. It will just be a learning curve to figure out what works best for me and my chicks. I am using a heat lamp in the brooder, good tip of securing the lamp multiple ways. I over looked that.

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

I do like how there are no 'right or wrong' answers. It will just be a learning curve to figure out what works best for me and my chicks. I am using a heat lamp in the brooder, good tip of securing the lamp multiple ways. I over looked that.

Also make sure you have a cool section and a warm section in your brooder.

 

[WVduckchick]

Do you have children? Remember how you sterilized everything for the first baby, then by the third, you are licking the dirt off a pacifier and popping it back in the baby’s mouth? Chickens are kinda like the latter.

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Do you have children? Remember how you sterilized everything for the first baby, then by the third, you are licking the dirt off a pacifier and popping it back in the baby’s mouth? Chickens are kinda like the latter.

Yeah but I hope your not popping dirty eggs into your mouth the first time

 

[WVduckchick]

Yeah but I hope your not popping dirty eggs into your mouth the first time

Spit on them first, then wipe.