How old are these babies?

[ninafe]

Once they spill some food in the shavings, some of what they dig up & eat will be food instead of shavings. (I do not suggest that you dump food on purpose for them to find, because chicks always spill plenty on their own.)

OMG yes the spillage!! I was just looking at no waste chicken feeders. So wasteful!. I have a baby cam set up on top of the brooder so I can watch them during the day when Im at work and they just spill their food like it's free~!

 

[ninafe]

Yes that. One of mine digs it out of the feeder and the others dig for it in the shavings!

The one that digs out of the feeder might be just cleaning up LOL. Shed be a great mom one day

 

[rosemarythyme]

The pine shaving I have looks like this~ is there a brand that has bigger shavings?

Look into aspen shavings, I usually find that those come in bigger flakes, and they're less aromatic as well.

 

[ninafe]

100% out of curiosity, I went to that Tractor Supply store again to see if they still have chicks in the wrong buckets. It seems like they are a little organized. Now the types of chicks I bought are in a bucket that says hybrid between Rhode Island reds and Rhode Island whites. Does that make them ISA brown?

 

[Lor]

Say whaaaaaaat??? I told the store employee I wanted RIR and he picked them up and even talked a little about how he has a few of those himself. Well that's... interesting. I took a pic of the bucket that they were picked out from and on the lables it says "RIR, leghorn, ancona and golden laced waydotte". Do they fit in the profile of any of the other three kinds?

Tractor Supply sold me silver-laced wyandottes. No silver to be had. At least they are still wyandottes and female. LOL (gold-laced)
Lovely chicks you have there, regardless.

 

[NatJ]

the types of chicks I bought are in a bucket that says hybrid between Rhode Island reds and Rhode Island whites. Does that make them ISA brown?

Yes, ISA Brown is one name for that cross, if the red was the father and the white was the mother. Different places sell the same cross with many different names. Females are mostly red, males mostly white.

Some places also sell chicks from crossing the parents the other direction, white father and red mother. When they cross them that way, both genders are mostly white, and the chicks tend to be called Amberlinks.

 

[638858]

Those are not RIR.. sorry

 

[ninafe]

Hi guys! Here is their latest pic from earlier this evening. Excuse the mess- this is prior to my daily cleaning. Any chance that they are ALL still pullets?

 

[Iluveggers]

Hi guys! Here is their latest pic from earlier this evening. Excuse the mess- this is prior to my daily cleaning. Any chance that they are ALL still pullets?

Pullets!

 

[ninafe]

Pullets!

Thank you! I will keep asking until I find eggs I’m super paranoid.