new to chicks and have LOTS of questions!!!

[SA Farm]

Yeah.

Even as he shakes his head and calls me crazy

 

[2Sesslers]

Yeah.

Sounds familiar But my DH did admit he has had fun with it too - the whole coop building and all. He just wants to call me the "crazy" one and I am ok with that!! Even as he shakes his head and calls me crazy

 

[2Sesslers]

Hmmmm. I don't know where my reply went ?? It went something like this...

OH! Now I see it. Evidently I'm not very well versed at using all of this fancy stuff yet.

 

[anichka]

whats chicken math??

 

[samygwin9]

when the chickens just keep adding up and up and up!!

 

[SA Farm]

Yup. When you start with four hens for eggs and get a roo, then a few chicks, then an incubator and a few dozen hatching eggs, and on and on.
Here's my chicken math (includes other birds).
4 hens given to me.
6 rescued hens.
4 hens.
1 rooster.
7 chicks.
3 more chicks
6 turkeys
42 hatching eggs for the new incubator
36 hatching eggs on order
____
105...and you wonder why my hubby calls me crazy

- the 4 given
- the 6 rescue
- 5 killed by dogs (not my dogs)
- 1 turkey
_____
89 birds if everything hatches (which they won't, so probably closer to 50)

 

[CherishHolland]

I would like to see your coop I am always looking for ideas when we build our second coop next year!

 

[samygwin9]

i'll show you my coop! its pretty big! (not many chickens but plenty big!)

 

[anichka]

so sad. one of our chicks died yesterday. we are really sad, my daughter took it the hardest. but on a happy note, i called our local store where i bought cedar shavings and they exchanged it for pine shavings. hopefully our chicks will be happy. since our baby girl past i exchanged it for a barred rock. so now we have 3 black sex links , 1 rhode island red and 1 barred rock. hopefully no more deaths or sick chickens. i think they like pine better too ( but it could be just me )

 

[anichka]

help, what am i doing wrong. one more chick is dead. 3 more look weak and may not make it.