Just saying hello!

[Rick M]

Hello and welcome to BYC

 

[MissChick@dee]

Hiya
Nice to meet you!

 

[Pork Pie]

Welcome to BYC.

These links may be interesting
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/hatching-eggs-raising-chickens.22/

Any questions that you may have regarding your chicks will be best posted here - http://www.backyardchickens.com/f/11/raising-baby-chicks

Topic of the Week - Dogs and chickens

Good luck
Pork Pie

 

[007Sean]

Howdy Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Glad to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[feathermaid]

A late welcome... but better late than never!
Congratulations on your new baby chicks!!

Have you ever thought about using a Mama Heating Pad to help raise your chicks? I raised my second group this way and will never use a heat lamp again! There are other alternatives as well:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/kick-the-heat-lamp-better-safer-and-healthier-options-to-heat-your-brooder.72482/

We have dogs too, and I trained them to leave the chicks/chickens alone. It does take a lot of persistence (and rewards for looking away) to teach the "leave it" command. But it's well worth it, and who knows, your dogs may just rather eat chicken poop instead like mine do
This is an old thread, but might be worth a look
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-did-you-train-your-dog-to-leave-chickens-alone.732029/

Good luck in your new chicken adventure

 

[drumstick diva]

Hope you will enjoy Backyard Chickens as much as we do.

 

[HedwigsMum]

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View attachment 1554582 A late welcome... but better late than never!
Congratulations on your new baby chicks!!

Have you ever thought about using a Mama Heating Pad to help raise your chicks? I raised my second group this way and will never use a heat lamp again! There are other alternatives as well:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/kick-the-heat-lamp-better-safer-and-healthier-options-to-heat-your-brooder.72482/

We have dogs too, and I trained them to leave the chicks/chickens alone. It does take a lot of persistence (and rewards for looking away) to teach the "leave it" command. But it's well worth it, and who knows, your dogs may just rather eat chicken poop instead like mine do
This is an old thread, but might be worth a look
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-did-you-train-your-dog-to-leave-chickens-alone.732029/

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Thanks! The heating pad sounds amazing!