BABY CHICKS

Our baby chicks arrived this morning. We ordered 30 and they sent 32 just in case two didn't make it.

The first thing Mary did was place their bills into the water trough. This was necessary so they would know where to go for water.

We have two water stations and three food stations for the baby chicks. 

Their food is spread out in this feeder so they have lots of room for eating.

We were originally going to keep the chicks on the porch for the first week or two but it has turned cool so we moved them indoors to the mechanical room. It's the warmest room in the house and they are well protected from any predators. In a few weeks we will move them outside to the chicken coop.

When we went to the co-op this morning there must have been over 100 boxes full of baby chicks.  If on average each box had 30+ chicks that works out to over 3,000 little baby chicks going out to new homes up here today. The guy at the co-op said they have never been this busy with baby chicks. Looks like more people are trying to be self-sufficient. 

Thanks for stopping by and keeping an eye on us.