An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Backyard Chickens by Jenna Woginrich

Author:Jenna Woginrich
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: baby chicks;chick days;what to feed;brooder;starting;healthy;heat lamp;poultry;breed;coop;organic;eggs;layer;feeders;how to;bedding;hen;rooster;nest box;first time;veterinarian;advice;reference;temperature
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Published: 2021-11-16T13:29:39+00:00

Chick Diary

As the chicks lose their baby fluff to brand-new feathers, bald patches appear, especially under the wings and belly.

Down flies off them like cottonwood seeds.

Week 3

Transformers

By the third week your birds are truly starting to resemble chickens instead of chicks. Their wings, capes, and crowns of their heads have grown actual feathers, and everywhere else new feathers are either burgeoning or they’re already coated in a slick new do. Sigh and smile; your girls’ baby days are behind them.

You may also start to discover that some of the flock may be future poultry Olympians. With most of their wing feathers now installed, your bolder charges may take flight within their brooder or launch themselves from the tops of founts and feeders out of the safety of the nest. I usually remedy this with a fitted wire screen over the top of the box.

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