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[dadeo]

I've been following for a while but just officially joined. My daughter wanted to get into chickens, and my wife does nothing part way, so after some basic research and a few trips in my wayback machine I'm the proud owner of a mixed flock of 29 chickens (7 died as little chicks, including four the first day). Looking forward to more of the collective wisdom I've already enjoyed from "outside the coop".

 

[drumstick diva]

Welcome to Backyard chickens. It's normal to lose a couple chicks but, did you discover why you lost more? I'm wondering if you were sent sickly birds?

How are the remainder doing now? Any photos for us to see?

 

[dadeo]

The first four we lost were bantams, on day 1. Another one got stuck in feeder at about two weeks old, and the fifth, well, no idea, that was week three. The chicks were delivered two days later than planned - dehydration?

The rest are doing great! They have a large coop and run that they share with two alpine goats, and for the last three weeks or so they've been free-ranging. They are now 10 weeks old. Nesting boxes and a larger roost (I thought the original was plenty large, but 6-7 stay in the floor at night - the bottom two rungs go unused).

Here's a couple photos:

 

[sumi]

Welcome to BYC

Glad you joined us! I'm sorry to hear about the losses, but glad to hear the rest are doing and looking well!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!