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| Baby chickens in the coop |
Thursday morning the Mail lady delivered two boxes with 105 Cornish-Rock chicks. They were riding in the back seat.
The coop was set-up--- papers were spread on the wood chips, the heat lights, dishes and trays were ready. Out of the box, all the chicks got a drink of water to practice swallowing and they went into the 'small chick room' to spend the next two weeks. [The coop has 2 rooms, one about 4' by 10'--the small chick room. The other is 12'by 10' and is the main room as the birds get to be adults.]
They have little eating and drinking trays that I fill about 4 or 5 times a day. I also change the newspapers once a day and adjust the heat lights so the temperature stays between 80 and 95. The chicks can move around so they can get in warmer or cooler places if they want to. Their gizzards don't have grit yet so I put tiny ground rocks in their mash and dry feed so they will be able to grind up the grains they are eating.
Every time I come into the coop, I just watch to see what they are doing. I've noticed they are eating more each day. I added one and now a second 12 opening feeder. I try to keep ahead of them. Yesterday i noticed that their wings are starting to get feathers. The growing up starts right away. So now I am off to the evening feeding......
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