new chicks

Stuck at work currently, wanted to share my three newest arrivals (since, ya know, I can’t be at home snuggling them). Bertha and Nugget hatched yesterday around lunch and Dale hatched early this morning. Will use this thread as my photo dump for these little ones as they grow up. Bertha...

Hi I'm Jacque, I've cared for grown chickens, but I've never raised chicks of my own. This fall I took the plunge and am finishing up my chicken coop and run. Coops just about ready for my chicks. My chicks are in a brooder in my house, warm and comfy. They are 3 1/2 week and 1 1/2 weeks old...

(1) i am a first time chicken mom. I just picked up my chicks yesterday. They are 19 days old today. We have a total of 15 baby chicks. I have barred Plymoth rock , black laced gold Wyandotte, light Brahma, and Rhode Island Red chicks. I’m excited to start this farm life with my kids and teach...

Hey everyone So I got some chicks on March 22nd, so they are almost 3 weeks old. I also got two chicks on April 7th. I added them to the brooder and the one is doing great, she is chasing the big ones and getting food and water, the other one is getting food and water but she doesn’t really...

Hey, Just wondered about any suggestions here for possible breeds of chicks to add to our flock this spring? First let me share what we have currently: 2 roosters, 18 hens, 2 chicken tenders 🤣 (DH and myself) At 3-4 (??) years old Lavender Orpington hen 💜 At 2 years old: Black Australorp...

I can't get over how friggin' cute chicks are :love

Yesterday, I integrated my new chicks into my small flock. The girls are five weeks,this past Thursday. So far, so good. First day they mainly stayed in the run, but today they hung around with the big girls. No significant integration issues, some minor chasing, but that’s it. I had read that...

Hey everyone! I am brand new to owning chickens. I moved to north Georgia a year ago... And once I found out I can have chickens, I was on the path! To be able to have free range eggs from my backyard seems amazing! I just got in 10 hen "colored egg layers" from TSC that I would appreciate...

Hi! I'm a first-time chick owner. This is also my first day on this forum, which I've heard a lot of great things about! I got 7 chicks from a really reputable guy in our area. He gets all of his chicks vent sexed at the hatchery where he orders from. They're all soooo friendly, and they...

Hello! We are located in NE WI. We just got our first batch of dual purpose chicks. Delaware and Silver Laced Wyandotte breeds. We are brooding them indoors in a “chick tent” for now until the weather warms up more. They will move to our garage with supplemental heat once it’s in the 50’s at...

The little babies are finally here and after a long eventful stressful day, I am finally able to relax,sorta! 😅 I have changed up their brooder so many times, seeing what works and what doesn’t. I have realized that I need to make a hanging water bottle nipple thingie, it’ll definitely give...

Good Morning! I’m looking for help with determining gender of my newly hatched chicks. 24 and 48 hours old! See photos of wings!! Thank you!

Good morning everyone! I have been putting off asking this question of you all because I knew there would be 1000 more that are similar, so I have went through threads and threads, took the advice, and am sill having issues so I had to break down and ask! We have 2 very energetic, loud...

Has begun! I picked up my first chicks this afternoon. Sigh (of relief). I keep running into their room to check on them. They were loud at first (I figured they will need to get used to here vs. the store). Then I hurried to get their heat lamp set up. The thermometer in their room reads...

Hello! I have 3 extra female-sexed specked Sussex chicks from my latest hatch that haven’t sold yet. $12 each. If anyone lives in California and would like to pick some up, they’re available once this posting goes live first come first served! I will update this posting when they are all gone...

Hi, I’ve searched for more on this but these hybrid Aquilas seem too new for much to be out there on them either on Google on here in threads. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I’m curious both from anyone with Aquilas OR with birds in their lineage (RIR, Australorps, White Rock) if you noted them staying small or...

I have 5 new chicks, almost all different breeds, and one of them seems to be much more skittish than the others. She's about 2-3 weeks old along with another one and the rest are only about 1-2 weeks old. All of them are a little cautious of people as to be expected but this one girl in...

hi, u might know me as the girl who has one chick, i have an amazing update. we’re getting her flock mates!!!! after a lot of begging, my father gave in!! (he also absolutely loves velvet now :) ) so expect to see more little chickies running around on my account soon <3

I have been checking my chicks for pasty butt since I got them April 1st. They have been all good this far but today I noticed two had just a bit of poop stuck to the back downy feathers. Not on the vent or around. I cleaned them both up to prevent it from getting worse but did I really need to...

Hello Everyone! Just wanted to share pictures of my new chicks. As I mentioned in a previous post, I have 2 chicks that I rescued a few weeks back and since we obviously can't/aren't getting rid of them, we decided to start an 'official' flock and take in 7 more. So here they are! We have: 2...