Hi everyone,
I don't get online every day, so there's no possible way I can keep up with all of you... but I still wanted to say hello and let you know that I lurk here occasionally. Today I was supposed to receive the remainder of my chick order through the Eaton Farm Bureau Co-op, but when I got there, I found out that I was once again shorted on my order. Maybe I should have taken it as a sign that I ordered too many chicks, but instead I went straight to
TSC to see what they had. (Last week, the co-op accidentally sold my banties, and I found some at
TSC the very same day).
Well.... when I got to
TSC in Charlotte, they had all their week-old chicks on sale for $.50, so I just couldn't say no! I did show some restraint, and only bought 12 to replace the 12 missing from my order, but I got 3 straight run RIR, 3 columbian rock pullets, 3 isa brown pullets, 3 partridge rock pullets. These are all a week old, in addition to my day-old pullets that I got today at the co-op: 3 black austrolorps, 3 barred rock, 3 silver laced wyandotte, 3 ameracauna.
I have had the African geese, runner ducks, buff orpingtons and bantams all in the same brooder box for a week. I've had no problems, except for the ducks splashing water all over the place. Now the people at
TSC tell me that I absolutely have to separate the day-olds from the week-olds because of body size... now I'm confused, but I did it. My plan WAS to separate the water fowl into a plastic container... but I guess I'll have to do some more research now.
I ended up going back to
TSC in the evening to get another chick feeder, and made my husband come in with me "unless you want me to end up buying more chicks." Of course, they were all sold out of the week-olds by then... there were 100's of them when I left this afternoon... guess I was meant to get the ones I did! Here's hoping they all get along.
Anyway... I'm a brand-new poultry mama, but I just wanted to say hello from Eaton Rapids.
