Mountain Peep's Awesome Chat Thread! (All friends welcome!)

[Cheryl72]

Hi, has anyone raised baby chicks and what is the right way to go about it?

 

[dan26552]

 

[Yowza Wowza]

Oh yeah, totally nothing. Nothing atall. I definitely didn't hear something. XD

XD YEP

Your welcome.

Jill is sick.....again.

:3

Awwwe poor Jill...

 

[ChickenLover200]

Whatis that?

 

[ChickenLover200]

Hi, has anyone raised baby chicks and what is the right way to go about it?

Hi!
I have raised 4 different batches of chicks so far. It isn't exactly hard, but if you want friendly chickens i reccomend getting 10 or less at a time and try to pick them up/hold them a lot. They have to eat chick starter (crumble) for the first TWO weeks i think, then they go on grower for so long, then a layer mash or crumble.
For my chicks, i used a big livestock waterer or a plastic tote both with a heat lamp. That and pine/aspen shavings with newspaper underneath. I kept them in the tote/brooder area till they were all feathered out, then i moved them to a coop. If you need to put them in with older hens, it is best to introduce them wheneveryone is roosted in the coop for the night. Hope that helps

 

[dan26552]

Whatis that?

Well it was our greenhouse

 

[dan26552]

It looked like this yesterday afternoon

 

[dan26552]

 

[dan26552]

Sarah, your article made the front page!!

 

[ChickenLover200]

It looked like this yesterday afternoon

Wow! Whathappened to it?