My Pet Chicken chicks arrived!! More questions after their first night

[Chickn chick 46]

And they went right for the food bin! Piggin' out like there was no tomorrow.

I tried giving them water first by wetting their beaks but they didn't seem to know what the waterer was so I put in marbles and their curiosity got them started. These are the fiestiest chicks I've ever seen! They seem really healthy and are quite cute of course

I called MPC yesterday afternoon and they were getting ready to be shipped so I asked where they were being shipped from and she told me Ohio. So I thought that would be Meyer hatchery.

So, I got onto the USPS web site and went to express mail. I put in the zip code for Polk Ohio and then my destination zip, and voila, there it told me that my package should be at the destination by 3 pm today.

I got a phone call from the PO @ 12:30 saying that my chicks were there. YAY!

So, if anyone gets antsy about when you're babies will arrive this is one way to save a bit of your sanity, it did for me

I will try to get some pics up later, thanks for all the info that this site provides. Its great!

 

[b.hromada]

Congrats!!! Happy chicken raising!!

 

[clickie]

lol I just got in two silkie chicks today lol they are so cute. what kind did you order?

 

[Chickn chick 46]

Oops, forgot to mention what kind of chicks

I was ordering chicks for egg production basically so I have 3 ReD Star sex link, 2 Barred Rock, 2 wyandotte Golden Lace (cause they're pretty) and 2 RI red.

Question for anyone---How much sugar do you add to the water?? I have a quart size container and I put 1/2 tsp in and filled it 3/4 full

Also----- How long do they need this, 24 hours?

Thanks!!

 

[noitulover]

post picss!!!

my chicks from MPC get here June 15th!!
thanks for posting this! i'm trying to read as much as i can about how it's going to go!

good luck!

 

[Chickn chick 46]

My chicks are sleeping alot, I have to keep checking on them to make sure they are still ok. Is this normal?

How long should they have sugar water?

Should I give a litttle apple cider vin. in their water as a preventative for pasty butt, or leave them be.

Thanks for any replys.

I swear they were on a sugar buzz yesterday after i got them they just wouldn't calm down. I didn't even put that much sugar in the water.

 

[Chickenmaven]

I have never put sugar in the water. They don't need it - IMHO.

I have read that sugar contributes to pastey butt. Someone else will have to explain that...

 

[blue fire]

I also got my chicks from MPC They arrived last thursday. mine seemed to sleep a lot the first few days, but after I put them under my broody they are running around during the day. I think the chicks sleeping a lot is ok, mine are fine.

 

[Chickn chick 46]

Thanks for your input,

at the hiding under the chair, that one always makes me smile

 

[Chickn chick 46]

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Thank you, I figured it was ok since they are eatingsleepingpoopingeatingsleeping..............