So, I feel like the worst chicken mommy ever. I hatched 41 last weekend. At just a couple days old, I realized they were just too many for the dog crate brooder I had them in and too stinky for the house. I took them and their MHP outside last night to join the 4 week old chicks out in the coop brooder. Everything went great, and the older chicks are just fine having them around. But when I went to count, I realized that one of the new chicks was missing! It was one of my Easter Eggers. My husband was at home all day yesterday and swears that he doesn't know how a chick could have gotten out of the indoor brooder, but I only counted 40 when I moved them last night!
I mean, how do you LOSE a chick? Horrible! I listened for peeping in the house and looked everywhere!