Nuess
In the Brooder
- Apr 18, 2025
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I’d like to thank you all for this community here. My wife and I have been pouring through your site and all the message boards learning about chickens.
We are from southern Louisiana.
We have 12 baby chicks 10 buff Orpington and 2 mystery’s . we are animal lovers, and this is our first time raising chickens. The long version of the story is below I spare it for you unless you want to read it.
**long story***
We decided to get 3 to 4 hens.
However, that quickly changed to six.
Once we finally decided on everything we ordered all of our supplies.
Now we have set out to look for chickens at this point. They’re selling out extremely fast of any breed ( not the one she wanted ) at any local store and unavailable online.
A coworker of hers found a guy for the chickens that she really wanted. Buff Orpington's.
When we arrive at the seller, the conditions were less than ideal. There was 12 baby chicks with an enormous amount of quail that were a decent amount older so naturally, I had to take all 10 buffs and he offered me the two remaining chicks that he didn’t know what they were. They are cream color with darker color wings and I couldn’t leave those two with all of the quail he had in the box. So now we have 12 chicks.
Maybe one of you can identify the 2 mystery birds.
We had to get a temporary heating lamp while waiting for our heating plate to come in. While caring for the chickens which seem to be very lethargic when we arrive home, we noticed these black balls on the pads of their feet. We found out that this is chemical burns from the ammonia by being in less than ideal condition so it made the choice to take all 12 chicks that much more bittersweet. I am glad we did it.
So yes, now we are on the full adventure of owning chickens. Thank God we didn’t have the coop already purchased or set up because it will need to be a much bigger for them.
I plan to let them free room and have a coop for them to relax in. That will be a learning experience and curve. Looks like we’re in the right place to learn get advice and share our experiences.
We are from southern Louisiana.
We have 12 baby chicks 10 buff Orpington and 2 mystery’s . we are animal lovers, and this is our first time raising chickens. The long version of the story is below I spare it for you unless you want to read it.
**long story***
We decided to get 3 to 4 hens.
However, that quickly changed to six.
Once we finally decided on everything we ordered all of our supplies.
Now we have set out to look for chickens at this point. They’re selling out extremely fast of any breed ( not the one she wanted ) at any local store and unavailable online.
A coworker of hers found a guy for the chickens that she really wanted. Buff Orpington's.
When we arrive at the seller, the conditions were less than ideal. There was 12 baby chicks with an enormous amount of quail that were a decent amount older so naturally, I had to take all 10 buffs and he offered me the two remaining chicks that he didn’t know what they were. They are cream color with darker color wings and I couldn’t leave those two with all of the quail he had in the box. So now we have 12 chicks.
Maybe one of you can identify the 2 mystery birds.
We had to get a temporary heating lamp while waiting for our heating plate to come in. While caring for the chickens which seem to be very lethargic when we arrive home, we noticed these black balls on the pads of their feet. We found out that this is chemical burns from the ammonia by being in less than ideal condition so it made the choice to take all 12 chicks that much more bittersweet. I am glad we did it.
So yes, now we are on the full adventure of owning chickens. Thank God we didn’t have the coop already purchased or set up because it will need to be a much bigger for them.
I plan to let them free room and have a coop for them to relax in. That will be a learning experience and curve. Looks like we’re in the right place to learn get advice and share our experiences.
and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.
to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!
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