The post office called at 6 am — didn’t even know they were up that early! We were informed of the arrival of our box of chicks, and to pick them up ‘around back.’ After retrieving the day-old baby birds, we went to work setting up their initial brooder:
(1) five foot baby pool — bright pink!
(1) bag of red cedar bedding
(1) bag of starter/grower feed
(1) water dispenser
(1) feeder
(1) heat lamp
In a matter of minutes the little ladies were dashing about and exploring their new confines. It was only a matter of minutes until they discovered the food and water.
We had ordered 25 birds from the Hoffman Hatchery, but only received 20:
(5) Black Australorps
(5) Naked Neck Turkens
(5) Delawares
(5) Ameraucanas
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