Update (4/5/14) - 6 Weeks Old

Week 6 updates

It's been a busy couple weeks. We've moved the chickens out of the house, added 2 more chicks, and built a safe enclosure for them to live in in a garage. We are glad to let you know that all chicks are still healthy and growing rapidly. 

New place

We secured their new place inside of a barn with wood, fence, bird netting, and more than our fair share of zip ties. It's been a long couple weeks making sure everything is set up and safe for them. We brought down the heat lamp to ease the transition and made a suspended waterer and feeder to make maintenance easier on us. For now we are keeping them on the ground to get them used to it. 

New threats

Suddenly we realized that putting our chicks outside is scary! What about rats? We are looking at getting a rooster to protect the hens from a potential rat issue in the garage. We put down roofing over most surfaces and are looking at putting rat traps in but so far it hasn't been an issue. We are slightly less afraid of other predators for now until we open up the outside area.

New chicks

We picked up 2 Silver Laced Wyandottes from the local feed store and are getting 2 more Golden Laced Wyandottes to add to our flock. 

New treats

We have started buying the biggest (and most disgusting) mealworms/worms we can find and they are absolutely going crazy for them. We added a scratch block that hasn't been given much attention. We're sure they'll enjoy it once they figure out it's food though.

Progress Pages:

Spider
Meeko
Ayden
Seraphina
Helen

Buff Orpingtons
Brown Leghorns 

Silver Laced Wyandottes