Recent content by ausamerican33

Well - I was just busting to share my "newborn" photos!! :) Forgot to say - sugar is for added calories. I just follow the McMurray new chick guide - I've had 4 shipments over the years from them, and it's always worked. Tractor Supply - well, they haven't been great on giving advice, but...

Well - the gro-gel and vitamins came from McMurray - I'm pretty sure Tractor Supply has the vitamins (powdered), but not sure about the gro-gel. It is this powder stuff that turns to bright green gel balls when you add water - it's like super-charged vitamins for them. I think you can actually...

Chicks eating gro-gel Brooder made out of pet bed box, from PetSmart :)

I think you are not supposed to use cedar shavings in a brooder - only pine shavings. Double check (other people - please pipe in) - but I'm pretty sure pine only. Make sure you have paper towels to cover the bedding for the first 24 hours. Do you have a vitamin supplement (Quic Chic, I think...

OT - I know the word for eating clay, chalk, etc - it's Pica. Here's the wikipedia definition: Pica is a medical disorder characterized by an appetite for substances largely non-nutritive (e.g., clay, coal, soil, feces, chalk, paper, soap, mucus, ash, gum etc.) or an abnormal appetite for some...

We just attached the coop to the chick yard - no going back, now. They are all together - so far, so good. Although my big hens are looking at the fence like what is that?! We are waiting for my toddler to fall asleep for her nap, and then we'll go finish it up. We've got chain link...

Yuck! Poor little fella. I'm sorry that it happened to you, too.