Greetings Chicken Lovers!
My name is Lexie and today my daughter and I got our first chickens. We have two Americaunas, two Reds (otherwise unspecified, and I'm not sure what that means? They are bright yellow with white on the wings) and two Rhode Island Reds. The Reds and Americaunas are supposed to be Pullets and the Rhode Island Reds are straight run so we have our fingers crossed for Pullets! They are about a week old. Here is their first photo soon after we got them settled. I have since moved the food and water after reading some posts here so they have to travel to get to each.
BYC has already been invaluable to me. It is 3am and I couldn't sleep because I was worried about our babies. They are in a brooder in my daughter's room because it is a little too cold in the unheated garage at night right now. I was worried because I thought they might get too warm. I went in to check on them and sure enough they were all huddled in the corner furthest away from the light so I raised the light a bit and within a few minutes they began to spread out and chirp happily and eat. If not for everything I have read at BYC I'm not sure I would have been concerned or moved the lamp. I have used this site to determine what I needed to buy to get everything set up and how to do it as well and we are following the socialization tips as well. Buttermilk (a Red) ate out of my hand and none of them are scattering when I put my hand in and we've only had them since about 6pm.
Thanks to everyone who posts and makes this easier for newbies.
My name is Lexie and today my daughter and I got our first chickens. We have two Americaunas, two Reds (otherwise unspecified, and I'm not sure what that means? They are bright yellow with white on the wings) and two Rhode Island Reds. The Reds and Americaunas are supposed to be Pullets and the Rhode Island Reds are straight run so we have our fingers crossed for Pullets! They are about a week old. Here is their first photo soon after we got them settled. I have since moved the food and water after reading some posts here so they have to travel to get to each.
BYC has already been invaluable to me. It is 3am and I couldn't sleep because I was worried about our babies. They are in a brooder in my daughter's room because it is a little too cold in the unheated garage at night right now. I was worried because I thought they might get too warm. I went in to check on them and sure enough they were all huddled in the corner furthest away from the light so I raised the light a bit and within a few minutes they began to spread out and chirp happily and eat. If not for everything I have read at BYC I'm not sure I would have been concerned or moved the lamp. I have used this site to determine what I needed to buy to get everything set up and how to do it as well and we are following the socialization tips as well. Buttermilk (a Red) ate out of my hand and none of them are scattering when I put my hand in and we've only had them since about 6pm.
Thanks to everyone who posts and makes this easier for newbies.