This is our first time raising chicks, and as I start to think I know them they throw me a curve ball. We added 9 new babies to our existing 9, 1 weekers yesterday. The new babies were shipped Wednesday, so I'm assuming they were hatched Tuesday, right?
Well the new babies are all feather legged, and they seem to have VERY fluffy little booties! I had one that started to get a little pasty, so I washed her up and put some olive oil on her vent and feathers. She's going great now! Should I do that to all of them as a percautionary measure?
When they arrived from Ideal they had runny very green poo, now their poo is ranging in color from brown to green to white. Is this normal?
They seem to be very wobbly, is it because they're so little?
I'm also wondering if they maybe bantams, they seems a lot tinier than the first group we got. Our first group were std. australorp, EE, and RIR. Is there anyway to tell?
I'm sure I'll have more questions soon!! These babies are a whole new ball of wax compared to our other girls. Thanks so much for you help!!!
Sonja
Well the new babies are all feather legged, and they seem to have VERY fluffy little booties! I had one that started to get a little pasty, so I washed her up and put some olive oil on her vent and feathers. She's going great now! Should I do that to all of them as a percautionary measure?
When they arrived from Ideal they had runny very green poo, now their poo is ranging in color from brown to green to white. Is this normal?
They seem to be very wobbly, is it because they're so little?
I'm also wondering if they maybe bantams, they seems a lot tinier than the first group we got. Our first group were std. australorp, EE, and RIR. Is there anyway to tell?
I'm sure I'll have more questions soon!! These babies are a whole new ball of wax compared to our other girls. Thanks so much for you help!!!

Sonja