Show me your chicks at 1,2,3 weeks old

[Carpe DiHen]

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Wow, I'm still waiting for my first chickens (6) and my rubber-made is looking pretty small too...

Really good thread for us newbies!

 

[Alabama ee]

This is an awesome thread. HArd to believe the little fuzzy things I have now will be all feathered in so short a time. Wow!

This is a picture of our EE's as of a couple days ago. I will post again when they are a week old.

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[schmije]

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A Rubbermaid tub won't make it to 6 weeks. They'll be roosting on the top edge of the tub by about 3 weeks - maybe sooner. Putting a mesh lid on it will help, but you'll be looking to move them into a bigger space before 6 weeks. We just had to feel it out our first time, because we didn't really know what to expect. Here's a pic of last year's flock just before we moved them outside at 6 weeks. The feeder behind them is a large 2 quart jar (not a regular 1 qt.), and they're almost as big as it. And yes, they could make it to the high roost in the back.