WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? WHAT DID YOU JUST RECEIVE?

[AStitchofKate]

BLACK AUSTRALORP!

Really?! I was looking at them and all of them are all black? BUT I guess these are just temporary feathers and they will eventually get all black?

 

[dermerchickens]

IN ABOUT 6 DAYS YOUR GONNA WANT A PAPER PLATE AND PAPER TOWELS UNDER THAT WATERER TO KEEP IT CLEANER LONGER..then push it to the back of the plate.. IM LEARNING THIS.. LOL AS MINE ARE NOW 6 DAYS OLD... and i think id rather have sand over the pine shavings... they are kicking it into the waterer and feeder constantly.. when i put sand in there it seems to be less messy.. at 6-10 days old they will start scratching like krazy!

I put one paper towel under each.. They love to scratch shavings into their water, not so much the food. Paper plates sound better though!

Oh, and they are 5 days old. Those pictures were not from today.

 

[rockmissjess]

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Originally Posted by AStitchofKate

Really?! I was looking at them and all of them are all black? BUT I guess these are just temporary feathers and they will eventually get all black?

here is a bunch of black australorp chicks... my barred rock is more black than my black australorp chick its krazy! it had me really confused!

 

[AStitchofKate]

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Originally Posted by AStitchofKate

Really?! I was looking at them and all of them are all black? BUT I guess these are just temporary feathers and they will eventually get all black?

here is a bunch of black australorp chicks... my barred rock is more black than my black australorp chick its krazy! it had me really confused!

See I have some barred rock I believe and I KNEW this chick was totally different compared to them, cause they are all very black, and have the white spot right on top of their heads. And this one "looks" different like how its carries itself.

 

[rockmissjess]

I put one paper towel under each.. They love to scratch shavings into their water, not so much the food. Paper plates sound better though!

if you look at the last but of my video i think you can see the paper plate with towel over it and waterer on it.. then my feeder.. i had to put white paper under the one side so they would stop pooping in it...

 

[rockmissjess]

See I have some barred rock I believe and I KNEW this chick was totally different compared to them, cause they are all very black, and have the white spot right on top of their heads. And this one "looks" different like how its carries itself.

yeah oddly enough the barred rocks are darker than the black australorp as a chick... odd? yeah. i think so.. but it is what it is..lol i cant wait till they all feather out.. i imagine then you will have a better idea of what it is then too.. is it a mystery chick?

 

[debbiegt]

8 BLRD chicks from Chicken Hill Poultry due ship 3/24/14. Super excited.

 

[AStitchofKate]

yeah oddly enough the barred rocks are darker than the black australorp as a chick... odd? yeah. i think so.. but it is what it is..lol i cant wait till they all feather out.. i imagine then you will have a better idea of what it is then too.. is it a mystery chick?

It is one of my mystery chicks! I have a few others. But they can be EE, Wellsummers, ect. I really wont know until they completely feather out cause they all look SO much alike. They look like chipmunks. lol Time will tell! LOL

 

[debbiegt]

Awesome job I am expecting to get my B.O.'s this week. built their brooder this weekend

 

[debbiegt]

What is pasty butt? Is it when they have dry poop on their butts? And how do you treat it naturally with eggs