Here are some pictures of my six new White Leghorn Pullets! <3
Can anyone tell me about how old them are?
I have a few questions about the chicks though.
I read online that you can put some milk in the chicks water, is that true? Could it hurt them?
I have the temperature at about 95-100 degrees, is that too hot? They seem to be doing fine, they're eating good, they're playing and drinking. They're not all huddled in a corner. The red heat lamp is in the middle of the brooder, is that the right spot for them?
My little sister was also wondering if you could give chicks baths. I think that it would make them really cold, but I was reading about how to get chicks ready for shows and they said that you could bathe them. Is that only after they got their feathers?
We put some nail polish on the tips of each of their wings, will that hurt them? I made sure that the nail polish was dry before I let them down. Will the nail polish come off of them? They are starting to get some feathers on their wings and their butt.
I have the chicks in my room because it's the warmest place and the safest. I have a little brother, Jack, he's a year and a half and he can be rough. So I'm keeping them in my room so that he cannot hurt them. My sisters wanted to see them run around so I put a table cloth on the ground so that if they poop it won't be on my carpet. They were only out for about ten minutes and then we put them back in their brooder, should they not be out by now? They have not been outside because it's been rainy here.
Is there anything that I am doing wrong? If there is PLEASE TELL ME!
Oh, and are ALL chicks messy eaters? Mine seem to knock the food out of their feeder and mix it in with the pine shavings! XD
Thanks a ton! (I'll post a TON more pictures tomorrow!~)
Bekah
Can anyone tell me about how old them are?
I have a few questions about the chicks though.
I read online that you can put some milk in the chicks water, is that true? Could it hurt them?
I have the temperature at about 95-100 degrees, is that too hot? They seem to be doing fine, they're eating good, they're playing and drinking. They're not all huddled in a corner. The red heat lamp is in the middle of the brooder, is that the right spot for them?
My little sister was also wondering if you could give chicks baths. I think that it would make them really cold, but I was reading about how to get chicks ready for shows and they said that you could bathe them. Is that only after they got their feathers?
We put some nail polish on the tips of each of their wings, will that hurt them? I made sure that the nail polish was dry before I let them down. Will the nail polish come off of them? They are starting to get some feathers on their wings and their butt.
I have the chicks in my room because it's the warmest place and the safest. I have a little brother, Jack, he's a year and a half and he can be rough. So I'm keeping them in my room so that he cannot hurt them. My sisters wanted to see them run around so I put a table cloth on the ground so that if they poop it won't be on my carpet. They were only out for about ten minutes and then we put them back in their brooder, should they not be out by now? They have not been outside because it's been rainy here.
Is there anything that I am doing wrong? If there is PLEASE TELL ME!
Oh, and are ALL chicks messy eaters? Mine seem to knock the food out of their feeder and mix it in with the pine shavings! XD
Thanks a ton! (I'll post a TON more pictures tomorrow!~)
Bekah