- Mar 7, 2011
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Hello,
We just brought home our 5 chicks on Tuesday. We've read up in books and in the forum long before we brought them home.
They seem to be happy in their brooder in the basement.
What didn't make them happy is holding them. One of the books I read said to do that every day...day two...all they wanted to do was get away from me. Then on the forum I read that treats in the hand (chopped boiled eggs) were the trick...worked like a charm. I'm going to let them come to me going forward.
Another thing about the book was the scary things that could happen (most alarming to me is an egg bursting inside the hen). I really do not think it's in me to kill a chicken much less watch it suffer. We have 6 cats and a dog...our vet *might* be kind to us.
I know I'm thinking about 50 steps ahead of myself. Last year we started beekeeping...this spring our bees are still here so we or they or both must have done something right. I did the same thing with the bees.
Anyway, hello my name is Sarita Coleman...I am now a chicken owner in the city of Louisville.
Thanks a bunch for all of the references on the forum.
Best,
Sarita
We just brought home our 5 chicks on Tuesday. We've read up in books and in the forum long before we brought them home.
They seem to be happy in their brooder in the basement.
What didn't make them happy is holding them. One of the books I read said to do that every day...day two...all they wanted to do was get away from me. Then on the forum I read that treats in the hand (chopped boiled eggs) were the trick...worked like a charm. I'm going to let them come to me going forward.
Another thing about the book was the scary things that could happen (most alarming to me is an egg bursting inside the hen). I really do not think it's in me to kill a chicken much less watch it suffer. We have 6 cats and a dog...our vet *might* be kind to us.
I know I'm thinking about 50 steps ahead of myself. Last year we started beekeeping...this spring our bees are still here so we or they or both must have done something right. I did the same thing with the bees.
Anyway, hello my name is Sarita Coleman...I am now a chicken owner in the city of Louisville.
Thanks a bunch for all of the references on the forum.
Best,
Sarita