Loving the chick life!

[franny254]

Yes she used to I have her in a run right now but she had gotten out yesterday cause my goats had opened the door to get to her food.

 

[Chook Kingdom]

Well we are all waiting for that month! I got some new chicks from someone and I'm just counting those days down! Some chickens will actually lay at month 5! Depends on the time of year that they hatched. A chick hatched in late June won't lay until January! A chick hatched in February will lay in July! That's in my area, though. Does the lady give them for free? That would be quite the deal! My first Buff Orpingtons I got was four patchy, torn up, badly bred Buff Orpingtons for $60, a little high! My Barred Rock and Rhode Island chicks cost me $64 for eight, more reasonable! That's still nice that she's going to give you some more! Before I knew how to sex barred rock chicks I went to a hatchery to pick them out and the whole thing was full of cockerel chicks! It's like they think not everyone can sex barred chicks! Is she giving you pullets?

 

[franny254]

The chicks I have bought have always cost me $2 or under and they are full blooded.

 

[Chook Kingdom]

Your joking! I have never seen a chick that cheap before, besides the meat high birds at $1! You'er in touch with a great deal!

 

[chicklover56]

I am exactly the same, except I started with 10. I am with them all the time and can't make myself leave them. It's so hard not to get attached!!

 

[Chook Kingdom]

Okay, I didn't think you free ranged one bird. All of my chickens free range, roosters, hens, and even two week old chicks! Do you have a coop? I have a guard rooster, so that's probably why.

 

[Chook Kingdom]

I started with six. I now have 160 members in poultry. I have 40 chicks, maybe a little more! Oh I never left my chickens when we first got them!

 

[Chook Kingdom]

My hen just hatched 15 out this week!

 

[Chook Kingdom]

They are so funny to watch! Especially the chicks!

 

[franny254]

I only let mine free range when im outside with them. Even my chicks I am very very over protective of them even with the ones that have a mother.