We have 4 hens and had bought 16 day-old chicks from tsc and they are now 6 weeks old. Joey came across a listing on craigslist of someone selling chicks of various ages, in our area (like 6 miles away turns out) and he had breeds that we didn't have. at a very LOW price IMO. here is the link if anyone is interested. http://charlotte.craigslist.org/grd/1150271773.html
so we thought we would call and check them out. and we came home with 3 "araucanas" (which are probably just EEs) and 3 barnevelders (I think they are double laced) all around 5 to 6 weeks old. one looks a little shy of 5 weeks though. they have perked up since we brought them home and are getting used to having more room to run around. we have them in the brooder for now, because they are considerably smaller than our other 6 week old chicks. but this will give us a chance to give them some TLC and get them used to us. we weren't planning on getting chicks right now, but we figured what would six more do? here are a few pics of them:
so my problem is, I can't stop GETTING CHICKS TO ADD TO MY FLOCK! I just couldn't stand seeing an empty brooder and all my chickies are out in the coop
so we thought we would call and check them out. and we came home with 3 "araucanas" (which are probably just EEs) and 3 barnevelders (I think they are double laced) all around 5 to 6 weeks old. one looks a little shy of 5 weeks though. they have perked up since we brought them home and are getting used to having more room to run around. we have them in the brooder for now, because they are considerably smaller than our other 6 week old chicks. but this will give us a chance to give them some TLC and get them used to us. we weren't planning on getting chicks right now, but we figured what would six more do? here are a few pics of them:





so my problem is, I can't stop GETTING CHICKS TO ADD TO MY FLOCK! I just couldn't stand seeing an empty brooder and all my chickies are out in the coop