SplendidDogFeet
Songster
I got my very first poultry chicks just three days ago. I find everything about this terrifying. I bought books and have been reading everything I can and Googling all my questions, but there's so much conflicting information!
We ordered hatchlings from Ideal Poultry. Five Jersey Black Giant females and seven straight run Pearl Guineas.
Nothing could have prepared me for the cuteness. I am overwhelmed with squee every time I sit with them. I was also not prepared for this constant fear that things I'm doing or not doing are endangering these tiny little fuzzy dinosaurs and that my inexperience and lack of knowledge is going to kill one or all of them.
We got the birds because we moved to the country on a decent-sized acreage and the past two years we've experienced plague levels of grasshoppers. I'm planning to free range during the day, keeping the Jersey Giants in our fenced half acre back yard and eventually letting the Guineas out on the rest of our 28 acres once they are reliably cooping with the chickens at night.
My other hobbies are spending tons of time with my husband and five dogs and crafting. I'm not looking forward to working with our GSD rescue (we've had her the least amount of time) and the birds, but I'll be waiting until everyone is larger and then using her muzzle, leash, and A LOT of treats. I have a background in animal training and am hoping it will come in handy for the birds. I used to train professionally, but frankly it got too depressing working with people who wanted their animal to change without making any changes themselves. I have a crafting business and get to work from home which is lovely. I help with dog rescue where I can and have been involved with rescue in some way for about twenty-six years.
I'm the kind of person who likes to overprepare and have a plan in place, and I definitely feel like I haven't been able to do that for the birds, which is pretty hard for me.
I found BYC because I have been Googling a million baby poultry questions and this forum kept being one of the only places that answered or was at least close to answering. I will try very hard not to be too much with the questions.
We ordered hatchlings from Ideal Poultry. Five Jersey Black Giant females and seven straight run Pearl Guineas.
Nothing could have prepared me for the cuteness. I am overwhelmed with squee every time I sit with them. I was also not prepared for this constant fear that things I'm doing or not doing are endangering these tiny little fuzzy dinosaurs and that my inexperience and lack of knowledge is going to kill one or all of them.
We got the birds because we moved to the country on a decent-sized acreage and the past two years we've experienced plague levels of grasshoppers. I'm planning to free range during the day, keeping the Jersey Giants in our fenced half acre back yard and eventually letting the Guineas out on the rest of our 28 acres once they are reliably cooping with the chickens at night.
My other hobbies are spending tons of time with my husband and five dogs and crafting. I'm not looking forward to working with our GSD rescue (we've had her the least amount of time) and the birds, but I'll be waiting until everyone is larger and then using her muzzle, leash, and A LOT of treats. I have a background in animal training and am hoping it will come in handy for the birds. I used to train professionally, but frankly it got too depressing working with people who wanted their animal to change without making any changes themselves. I have a crafting business and get to work from home which is lovely. I help with dog rescue where I can and have been involved with rescue in some way for about twenty-six years.
I'm the kind of person who likes to overprepare and have a plan in place, and I definitely feel like I haven't been able to do that for the birds, which is pretty hard for me.
I found BYC because I have been Googling a million baby poultry questions and this forum kept being one of the only places that answered or was at least close to answering. I will try very hard not to be too much with the questions.
Glad you joined.
