Just placed my order! advice please!!

[tinaisodd]

OK, so i just placed my order on my pet chicken :] so happy

shipping cost a little more than i had estimated but its OK

here's what i gotall females & vaccinated)

1 Australorp
1 Barred Plymouth Rock
1 Salmon Faverolle
1 Silver Laced Wyandotte
1 Rhode Island Red

they are set to ship on the 25th and i will have the no more than 3 days after that, so needles to say I'm just a tad nervous. so all advice is welcome!! i know there is a plethora of info that i cant find on the web that is stored in the brains of those wiser

just had to share my excitement

I'm finally getting my baby shikkinssss

 

[gabrielle1976]

Congrats . Do you have a brooder and feed and water dishes and food and all that set up for when they get here. Oh and a heat source ?

 

[Just reebok]

Yep - check out the raising baby chicks section of the learning center. Gives ya a good checklist of things you need for your brooder. The main thing is that for the first little bit - they need heat, water, food- and not too much handling. I pick up my new babies (5 days old now) a couple times a day just to check for pasty tush - but other than that - I just watch and enjoy. I talk to them a lot too. They've started peeping loudly when I come in the room cause they hear me squeak the wood floor. It's very sweet. Read up on it - and everyone has been SO helpful with advice! Congrats on the new additions! I can't wait to see pictures!