Getting baby chicks this spring? I have many tips for you

[Poka_Doodle]

YES I DO!!!!! We also plan on some turkeys. I would love guineas but hubby says absolutely NOT. Not sure why!

Pretty sure it's the noise

 

[samssimonsays]

Pretty sure it's the noise

Oh yes, totally agree!

 

[HoneyDreameMomma]

You can learn to tune out the noise...lol - most of the time. I absolutely love my guineas...more than my chickens, even though the chickens lay incredibly yummy eggs.

 

[babsbag]

I could tune out the noise when I had 3 guineas, 11 not so much.
Question for you guinea people. I had two hens (mother, 4 years old and chick about 3 years old) that adopted a third one that just showed up at my fence. All was well for months. Then I got some chicks and raised them. In this chick batch there is about 4 or 5 toms. They are about 9 months old now and all of them have been hanging together for months, I call them my posse. Now all of a sudden all of the birds have turned on one of my original hens; they will chase her unmercifully and she is no longer allowed to be part of the group. She does try, and she hangs on the side line but if they think she is too close they will chase her off. Any guesses as to why the change? It is breaking my heart; she calls to them all of the time.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Thanks for awnsering my question! I have one more sorry lol I'm planing to get a few 5 maybe 10 ducklings I want meat ducks what breed would you recommend I have some magpies but they don't have a lot of meat


I do love the sound of goslings and also baby turkeys I don't know why they sound so cute! I might get a few gosling and for sure a little turkey

I agree on the peckin ducks! We raised some up a few years ago and they were great If you can pluck, make sure you have the day to process them! it takes a while to hand pluck ducks.

If you get Turkeys, be sure to ad a few extra to your order. Turkey poults are not very bright (IOW- dumb as a box of rocks) and don't ship as well. After breeding turkeys for several generations ours aren't as bad but still not as smart as chicks.

 

[Poka_Doodle]

Found out last week I'm going to get two dozen hatching eggs soon. Also over the summer I'm going to be working hard with meat birds.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Found out last week I'm going to get two dozen hatching eggs soon. Also over the summer I'm going to be working hard with meat birds.

What breed(s) of hatching eggs are you getting? We currently have 80 eggs in our incubator due to hatch March 3rd. Blue Andalusian, Welsummer and Golden Laced Wyandotte. We get 6 turkeys March 16th- DD and DS(10) will be raising them for fair.

 

[Poka_Doodle]

What breed(s) of hatching eggs are you getting? We currently have 80 eggs in our incubator due to hatch March 3rd. Blue Andalusian, Welsummer and Golden Laced Wyandotte. We get 6 turkeys March 16th- DD and DS(10) will be raising them for fair.

Cool. I'm hatching 3 different varieties of Danvers

 

[Baymule]

We found a 3 stack chick brooder on a roller base on Craigslist for $100!!! It is in the storage building right now. We are getting the building wired and the barn too. The first part will be to get service to both, them later wire up the barn and storage building. This means NO MORE CHICKS IN THE HOUSE!!!!

Every time I raise baby chicks in the house, I swear I won't do it again.....and then I do it again. I want to make the portable building my chick/incubator room. Of course, I have to get an incubator....

The chickens I want to raise are Delaware. I want to order chicks this spring and raise them up. I have always had hens because we lived in town and I couldn't have a rooster. Now that we live on 8 acres I can have a rooster!

 

[Poka_Doodle]

That's great news. We'll be raising them in the house. My parents are the only one to have banned them from their room. I'm thinking I'll have them in my room. Only one problem, my kitten has to be kicked out.