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[Cloverleaf Farm]

Quote: My GSL that I had was not a nice bird. She literally ate the wattles off my BR rooster...or would have finished them had I not caught her in the act, poor boy had blood running down his chest...I am not a fan of sex links in general. My friend had some BSLs and the hens would attack her...

 

[ErinMartin927]

My 4 year old is determined to name a chick 'ghost'... maybe I should find him white bird instead of a black one... LOL

 

[justbugged]

Quote: This is a remarkably excellent example of chicken math.

 

[ErinMartin927]

If you're not spending money on it, and the chicks are really tiny, I'd set that up for a few days until I had something more suitable. Yes, thermometer at chick height. Set up the light before you get the chicks and try to get the aquarium regulated.

Ok... just a thought about the rabbit cage vs. dog crate. I know it's a pain to have a large crate in a small house. I did that. I used a 3'x4' wire dog cage for my secondary brooder. I covered the sides of it with cardboard so the chicks couldn't escape between the bars. I learned the hard way - chicks grow very fast! Even if you bought a rabbit cage, you'd probably could get away with using it for a very short time and still have to go bigger to give the chicks play room. They need to fully feather before they can come out from beneath the light, and it also takes a bit of time to get a coop built. Even if you plan to kick them outside to the coop quickly, you'll still need to provide a heat lamp so they will survive.

I tell you, it is mind boggling how quickly chicks get big. I would have never believed it if I hadn't seen it first-hand.

I saw the size difference between 1 week olds and 4 week olds today - I believe you! Do I even want to know the size different between 4 week olds and 8 week olds??

 

[itsren]

Ok guys, I'm back out-a here. I woke up only to realize I had left the sprinkler running so I had to go turn that off. Somehow I ended up back on BYC. How'd that happen?

To the rest of the night crew, keep an eye on that chicken rustler, or more than just chickens may go missing!

 

[TerrorBird]

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A while back, my mom ran outside to find a Red-tailed hawk sitting on one of my Barred Rocks! My girl was more than it was expecting and mom got out there pretty quick, so everything turned out fine. That sort of thing could have happened to Drama. It might be a good idea to leave your girls in the run for a few days to discourage the hawk. If it watches for them for a few days and doesn't see them out and about, it might look elsewhere for dinner. We have large and small hawks around here and have to consider both since our bantams are small enough for the small hawks and the big hawks can potentially grab our standards. Hopefully it won't bother your girls again!

 

[itsren]

I saw the size difference between 1 week olds and 4 week olds today - I believe you! Do I even want to know the size different between 4 week olds and 8 week olds??

LOL! Probably not! And, 8 week olds look rather scruffy. Be prepared to laugh at them! They're like really awkward looking teenagers.

 

[ErinMartin927]

Anyone have a Delaware? It seems to be a pretty impressive looking bird and definitely fitting of 'ghost'

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Here we are. I managed to wrangle an unrelated auction goer into taking our picture. The Justahannah found us, and we needed another picture of all of us together. So Itsren's oldest DS, got talked into taking the picture of the year. He managed to unmask the Rustler.

I can't believe ya posted that pic of the imposter filling in as CR!!! Without mask!!!

 

[ErinMartin927]

Could I use this for bigger baby chicks, or does it need to be one level?

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/zip/3274405739.html