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11:07 am
May 14, 2011
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Sorry for they lack of picture updates. Progess practically stopped for the summer since it was 110+ degrees. Yesterday, the coop got moved to it's final spot (pics soon), it's not finish but it's in place and ready for the finishing details. 
On another note, the chicks are scheduled for shipment TOMORROW! I'm nervous and excited all at the same time.
I know we have to check thier buts and show them were the water is. Does anyone have any other just out of the box suggestions?
Thanks
11:38 am
February 10, 2009
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take em out of the box one by one, dip each one's beak in the water, let them go and let em settle down for at least a few hours.
They won't come with 'pasty butt' that comes after they've eaten food for at least a few days, to a week or more. Not usually much danger of it after three or more weeks, by then their digestive system seems to have gotten things worked out.
If they're huddled under the lamp, they're cold, if they're cowering in the corners away from the lamp they're too warm, if they're scattered around the brooder acting happy the temp is just fine.
That's about all you'll need for the first bit! Enjoy!!!
11:46 am
May 14, 2011
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Thanks BuckeyeGirl!!
5:35 pm
April 20, 2011
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A great help for pasty butts is to make sure they get some grit. When they free range they can get all the grit they need. Some feeds include it. I want to try making up my own organic mix for chicken feed. There is interesting info on-line on how to do that.
9:36 pm
May 14, 2011
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All the tips and info were great. They arrived today at about 9:00am AZ time.
All fourteen look pretty good, we have our eye on the buff orphington because she just seems to be struggling a little. I'm hoping she pulls through.
Yay, I have chickens!!
12:03 pm
May 14, 2011
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Kat43082 said:
All fourteen look pretty good, we have our eye on the buff orphington because she just seems to be struggling a little. I'm hoping she pulls through.
update on the BO – she has pulled through, she had a bad case of pasty butt, which is now clearing up and she looks as active and healthy as the others.
2:45 pm
February 10, 2009
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Oh good! Odd that the one was sickly so soon, makes me think she was a day or so older than the others.
Yay, you have chickens!! 
10:20 am
May 14, 2011
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All fourteen are doing well. Yay! My chicken ignorance must not be too bad, thanks to all the great info I got from you all. They're 3 weeks old now and spent their first night in their outside coop. They made the barn look like the red light district. 
The last two day we let them play in the enclosed run during the day but they're really hard to catch with that much room to move. Now they are confined to the coop for the next week or so, hopefully they'll learn to put themselves to bed. Does anyone know the approximant age they start to do that?
I'm going to try and get pictures of the finished (but not painted) coop and the chicks up on here in the next couple of days.
10:29 am
February 10, 2009
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They tend to want to get to a safe place as soon as it gets dark almost from birth… but they don't always know how to get to that safe place in time, (without a mamma to cluck to them) so just keeping them closed in the coop for now, and then limiting their access to the outdoors till they figure out how to get back and forth is best. If it's level or nearly level for them to come and go, they should figure it out pretty quick. If they have an enclosure, just wait till it's dark and use a dim flashlight to catch them. Chickens just freeze up still after dark because they really can't see at all, which is why they're so vulnerable to predators then.
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