CORRECTION: In this video I make the suggestion that grit aides digestion within a baby chick's crop. Grit actually goes to the gizzard, which is one of the two levels of digestion after food leaves the crop.
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Excellent advice! I thought I would add... When I feed (from day one) I always give off a gentle "chick, chick, chick song" to tell them "come and get it!" As adults I can call my entire flock in from just a simple "chick, chick, chick". Its very important to have that kind of gathering power. 👩🌾🐔💨
@@WelcometoChickenlandia I'm so thankful for ALL you've taught me! I've become the chicken go-to lady at my church and I always tell them about YOU because I could never explain all you've taught! Thank you!!
This is the absolute best introduction to baby chicks videos I’ve ever watched!!! I’ve been interested in getting chicks once I get their coop/run built so I’ve been taking my time and doing lots of research. I love this!!! Definitely saving this video!
I will never forget the call of chicks in distress in our brooder the first night we brought them home. The plate was too high and they were screaming huddled together near the wall of the brooder. That sound raised the hairs on my body! I flew downstairs to the basement, lowered the plate, and they cuddled up under it happily. My husband never heard it.
I've been talking about getting chick's for awhile now, well my 3 kiddos went in and got me a coop and 5 baby chicks! I wasn't really ready or prepared to be a chicken mama yet, but here we go! They have grown so much in the week I've had them! You are the 2nd one I've seen put acv in their water, so guess I will start that! Wish me luck!
Dalia you are the sweetest and cutest chick mentor out there in RU-vid land! Chicklandia Students, pay attention to the GRIT addition to the chick feed. We just started them with a little bit of the grit this morning, this is day 4 at our place (so I guess 5 or 6 days old chicks?). WHAT A HUGE DIFFERENCE THAT MADE IN THEIR GROWTH AND CONDITION!!! Seems like they added about 25% additional mass to their little bodies, the feathers had fluffed out like they were wearing fur coats, and the poo just slips out like pudding....they are now robust and very busy growing. It's the missing link in developing great digestion...and no more poopy butts to check. So do the GRIT as soon as you can! It makes miracles happen! 🤓
Thank you so much you are such a great educator for all of us, I am in Marysville and raising 9 new little ladies, now out of their brooder an are excited to take their first dirt bath at 4 and 5 weeks, my guard goose "Lucky" (now 15 months old ) takes care/watches over them, and they will be moving to a permanent coop next week , what a crazy 180 after raising a water goose to raising these earth chickens. Thanks again Chickenlandia President Lady.
Oh it's adorable watching mumma hens hey! We've used a red light (these had a tendency to blow up more than the ceramic - no light) and a ceramic light too! but that broader looks amazing ($100 is cheap considering how many bulbs I go through at $20 each!)
@@ourselfreliantlife Next time you talk about water on your channel, I'm gonna ask, "Like, from the toilet?" I'm kidding, no one will get it and I'll probably get some backlash LOL!!!
You can use plain old Elmer’s glue and lots of cardboard to make a fantastic brooder..use gallon jugs as weights, you can make a floor, sides, even windows from hardware cloth by gluing picture frame cutouts of cardboard over the wire, plenty of glue. Took a few days, but I made a giant brooder. Use stick on upside down Command hooks and secure garden netting over the top..easy! Rent a coop makes great flat panel brooder heaters. All the lights are terrible, and fire hazards.
You know we had an episode where our chicks started pecking on each other. They had outgrown their space so we divided them and sprayed them with blu-kote. The blu-kote medicated them and turned them purple and the chicks stopped pecking on each other. I keep this stuff around now for all wounds! My last clutch we raised in a tent in the house with coffee bedding. It was perfect. No smell and no dust and we could go I side their brooder and sit with them! That’s how we will forever do it!
Excellent video. Wish ALL people thinking of getting chickens would watch this first. You'd be surprised the people that don't know that chickens need grit. They don't have teeth. The grit goes to their gizzards and helps grind up their food. Like our teeth do.
I used pine shavings with no problem, but it actually gives off gasses which can injure the respiratory lining. Aspen shavings are less irritating, but not free of irritants. Also my chickens try to eat wood shavings. I find that cut straw is an option I can feel better about in the enclosed spaces of brooder or coop.
This was the BEST chick raising info I have seen, it was easy to understand and didn't make the whole experience seem daunting and overwhelming at all. All other info I have read or watched made me worry so much about the chicks, that I wouldn't be able to take care of them well enough because they seem so extremely vulnerable, but your video made it all seem possible and less stressful :) I think those heat brooders are excellent, the lights always seem a bit scary to me. Did you raise any ducklings? do the same rules apply to them, apart from I'm guessing different food and more water for them to dunk their little ducky faces and eventually swim in? I'm aware I'm asking the president of 'CHICKEN' landia about ducks lol but just in case I thought I'd ask :)
Haha yes I have raised ducklings. They are different in that they are super messy. They can eat the same food as long as it isn’t medicated feed. Good thing they are so cute though because they are so hard to keep up with in terms of mess haha. I had a duckling and chicks together but eventually you have to separate them at least as babies because the duckling gets water everywhere. Thank you so much for your kind words!
Hello! Wonderful video!! We have chicks that are seven weeks old. We have been feeding chick starter and are wondering if we are supposed to change to grower feed now. Are the bags marked “grower” or is it a percentage that you look for? And then layer feed at about sixteen weeks? Also, when changing feed do you mix the two together for a bit before going full strength new feed? If so, for how long?
Haha, your videos make me so happy! You do such a good job teaching on chickens. I so agree on the red lamp. We use the Brinsea too but when we were using a lamp, I just could not wrap my mind around the white light. Great video as always!!
Aww my little chicks we hatched just moved out to their coop and run outside on green grass that looks like a jungle compared to them. 😂 They’re timid and won’t explore much unless I’m out there with them. It only took 1 day for them to figure out their ramp. At night, Ive been using one of my solar garden lights for a little visibility in their coop. So adorable these little ones and such a fun experience.
Thank you so much for all your videos! Our flock of feathered dinosaurs arrive later this month, and we’ll be using your suggestions to raise them. 🐣❤️
I love using the heat plates! All these adorable chicks make me want to turn my incubator on. lol Thanks for teaching me everything I need to know to raise healthy, happy chicks in this great video. :)
You're so welcome! And yeah, that's the reason I don't have an incubator and I don't hatch eggs. Because if I did.......... #chickenmath Thank YOU for watching!
@@WelcometoChickenlandia Right?! LOL I know it's time to turn the incubator off when I start needing a calculator to count how many chickens are out there.
Hello. I do enjoy your videos. I've been raising chickens 5 years now. Today I posted a video on my channel.of a peep hatching. Thank you for all you do.
I would caution folks who want to give a little grass or dirt from their yard to chickens of any age to be certain that it hasn't been treated with any pesticides or 'weed-n-feed' products. Very nice video, Thank you for taking the time to make it. :)
i love watching your videos! ive been binge watching them and getting ideas before we get our first flock of chickens. we live in Australia so we have a set limit on how many we can have. all up we can have 12 but we are going to start off with 6 and build up from there.
Great information. I'm going to look into one of those galvanized tanks they have at TSC. We have flown by the seat of our pants the last few years and really need a more permanent station for new chicks.
Yes ma'am! I know. I priced them to use as possible garden beds and decided not to. They also sell thinner metal feed buckets that are more affordable. I may go with one or two of those.
@WelcometoChicklandia, I so appreciate your videos and I'm looking forward to binging on all of them. I'm preparing to begin my chick trip! My coop is being built, and I've been considering which breeds that will suite us. There is a local chicken breeder around my area, and she has some breeds I'm interested in. There is also an online order site that has a couple of different breeds that she doesn't offer. Have you ever bought from two different sources and brooded the chicks together? What are your thoughts about this? And what if I could not get them all at the same time, but maybe a couple of days or a week apart? How would you handle that situation? I would really appreciate any pearls of wisdom and your wisdom! Thank you so much!
A lovely informative video. Thanks. I have a girl who was mega broody the past two years. If she gets broody this year I think I’ll get some fertilised eggs and let her raise a clutch. Very exciting
So I have a hen that’s sitting on eggs,when they hatch I hope to be there soon and I’m thinking bring,chicks and moma inside (spare bedroom),how’s that sound?
Great video! I started my baby chicks with a broody momma hen. Now she is sort of ignoring them and trying to incubate the duck eggs in the coop. Is it a good idea to move the chicks into a brooder until they are feathered out and can be put back in the coop? How should I reintroduce them if I do take them out? Thanks for such great content. I have learned so much and appreciate your wonderful approach to raising chickens. Chickenlandia is blessed to have you as their President!
If she is not caring for them then I would move them into a brooder. You can start integrating them into the flock once they are almost the same size as the existing flock. This video may help: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BjX1SztLUTk.html
@@WelcometoChickenlandia Yes we are. We will only be getting about a doz. We had a friend hatch 5 runner ducks we will pick up this weekend, and another friend will give us 12 quail as soon as we build a pen.
Great videos! Any advice on how to get chicks to use a nipple feeder? Should i start with a normal one and dip there beaks or can i start with a nipple feeder from the beginning? Thank you
What is your opinion on raising fall chicks instead of Spring chicks ?I live in Washington state…I have always done Spring but my feed store is getting my favorite breeds next week!
Perfect timing on this!! Gonna be getting baby chicks pretty soon! I had originally planned on brooding our chicks in a tote, but I don't want to crowd them! Are those "troughs" 😂 super expensive?
They really are. You can sometimes find a used one that is cheaper. But I really like guinea pig cages and they are cheaper by comparison and a lot easier to find used!
@@TheHaskinsFamilyVlog three chicks per tote? It depends on the size of the tote but they will likely be okay depending on the breed. They might be a little crowded toward the end but you will be able to leave them outside in a secure area during the last week to two if it's warm out. You may even be able to get them outside full time at six weeks.
Question: My husband has the chicken .he just took a setting then in another area with her eggs shes content but I worry when he goes to put her back with her baby chicks there is gonna be problems readjusting..any advice for that. Or should he put her back in the coop before she hatches them?? I'm trying to learn about all this chicken care to share with him.. thank you for you awesome videos of advice and fun!!
I’m also in the PNW. Has that coop and run you showed towards the end of this videos held up well, or would you recommend something else? Thank you for all this content. I’m learning a ton.
@@WelcometoChickenlandia Yes. I think that was your coop and run. The one with the green and large cage-like run. I was wondering because the coop looked like it might not be made of wood, so it might be vulnerable to warping in the heat of summer. I’m a wannabe chicken owner, so I’m trying to pick supplies wisely. Lol
Oooooh yes I used to have an Eglu. It was awesome! I loved it. They are super durable. :) The only reason I sold it was I just got too many chickens for it lol. :)
I’m launching a course within the next couple of months for beginner chicken keepers. I’ll be rolling out more info here and through the mailing list on my website: www.welcometochickenlandia.com :)
Awww now we want baby chicks and since the guinea pigs are moving into a larger coop we have their cage for babies Quick question. Well a few questions. How many chicks would fit into a guinea cage like the one you showed and if we get some now it will be winter in 6 to 8 weeks. How cold can they handle? It gets to about 8 degrees Celsius where we are in Australia. Is that too cold for 6 week old chooks? Should we wait until end of July to buy babies so they go out mid sept when its warming up.
Hi, there! You want about one square foot per chick in their brooder and make sure they have lots of enrichment and get some outside time. This video may help: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oaceFGLVSfQ.html
I will do the apple cider vinegar in the water, but how much for a small chick waterer, also do you do, or do you know of putting oregano oil in the water or crushed garlic? I want to start them out right.
I got a ceramic bulb that is for reptiles just gives off heat no light and I’m using my old reptile tank light as a day time light as I’m trying to get them on a good day/night schedule ☺️
I was literally just talking to someone about this! I think that's so much better than a regular heat lamp, especially for their little circadian rhythms.
Welcome to Chickenlandia it’s so funny when I turn the light off at night they get realllly loud and then immediately very quiet! I’ve converted my back deck off of my room into a chicken coop/run so I’d really love for them to go to sleep when I turn my bedroom lights off at night ☺️ hopefully it works but they’re only two weeks old now so time will tell!
Thanks for all your videos. One thing I WISH I was warned: straw and sawdust in the nesting box won’t do when time for broody hens’ to turn eggs or chicks to hatch. No matter how much straw / shavings, the eggs touch the plastic bottom as the straw / shavings get pushed aside. Traction like a woven straw nest rug or towel underneath would have solved this. Now one was born limping with a splay on Wednesday, gratefully we corrected it. Then another silkie hatched this morning & was walking perfectly fine, spent lots of time under mama BUT despite all shavings we added, we checked on her later and she now hardly walks.💔 The bedding shoved to the side and the baby was right against plastic under mama. If there could be just one tip!😩 Please make a video or highlight this in hatching chick videos warning that traction below straw needs to be added when hatching chicks for newbies like us! It does seem obvious and I’m frustrated with myself over how easily this could have been prevented!
I am soo exited, because my silkie chichen's eggs going to hatch in few days. But I live in Australia and I live in a suburb. I am trying find out about the vaccines to give the new born chicks. They are not sold anywere, they only come in bulk for the chichen farms. I am trying find a farm near me but No body responded to my questions. I want to healty chicks, is threre any home made solutions to this. Thanks a lot. I hope you can help me.
I think your best course of action would be to just make sure your chickens have everything they need: enough space, a clean coop, and good nutrition. Since you are keeping a small amount of chickens and taking great care of them, their risk of serious disease is much lower than that of a factory poultry farm. That doesn’t mean they won’t ever get sick or die before they should, but it’s your best bet with what you have. ❤️🐔❤️
@@WelcometoChickenlandia Thanks soo much. My chichens are silkie chichens. They are our pets and soo cute. I had to give my rooster away, because we can't have them in the suburbs, but I was going to cry. He was very cute too. Thanks a lot again. Goodluck with your Chichen landia.❤❤
We are getting our first set of chicks this week and some more 10 days later. How to I introduce the chicks to the other chicks that are 10 days apart in age to be brood them together?
You can but it will get pretty messy and they will rip it to shreds. You could switch to old towels that you can just wash and that would work better. Just make sure they don't have any strings attached to them that the chickens could get caught in, and that you haven't washed it in any heavily perfumed detergent or fabric softener.
So, I’m planning on purchasing my first baby chicks! I will be getting 6. Can I raise all six of them in a Guinea Pig cage for 4-6 weeks before I transition them to an outdoor chick coop?
This maybe the wrong video to ask this question but I can't remember the video where you talked about there is no stupid question in Chickenlandia. My black Australorp is 8 months old and is broody. SHE WILL NOT GIVE UP. She's laying down in the egg hutch even though there are no eggs (because I remove them). I feel sorry for her because it's super hot here and she's panting so hard in the eggs hutch trying to be a momma on unfertilized eggs. I do take her out of the egg hutch and she complies...she runs around for a while and then goes back to sit on the egg hutch (that doesn't have eggs). What should I do??? Should I attempt to take measures to TRY to break her or find a site to buy fertilized eggs?
Any place on my channel is a great place to ask questions! Since it’s so hot I might take steps to try and break her. One very popular way would be to get a wire bottom cage, like a rabbit hutch, and leave her in there with food and water for a few days so her under belly can cool off. Just make sure she’s in a spot that isn’t in the sun. Or maybe set it up in the garage. You could also try taking her for a car ride! Sometimes that’s enough snap them out of it. With fertilized eggs, you will have to deal with possible roosters. I wouldn’t do it unless you have a good plan for that. Also, if it’s really hot it’s not the best time for babies. 🐣🐥🐣
@@WelcometoChickenlandia Thank you!!! I will try the wire cage for a few days. They have traveled with me before but I'll definitely take her for a ride today. I did consider the possibility of receiving rooster's if I purchased fertilized eggs and it's not something I wanted to deal with. The heat index today is supposed 102°, so I'll make sure I get her into the cage and in a shaded location before it gets to hot. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
@@alittlethisalittle385 Great! If you can get some electrolytes for her water that would be great. You can also freeze a bottle of water and put it in the cage to cool it down. Replace as needed!
I just got some chicks! Eeek! Is it true the food and water should stay in shaded area? Also if they are huddled on opposite side of the light but doing their little chirps are they okay? I have a red bulb!
Herman Reed Yay! You will want to keep the food and water far enough from the lamp so that it doesn’t not get hot. Also they need the space near the lamp to sleep under and get warm. If you want, you can message me a pic of them budding through my Facebook page! Are they able to get away from the heat of the lamp? You want them to be able to get under it if they are cold but also move away from it if they are hot. ❤️🐔❤️
@@WelcometoChickenlandia there was a lot of need to know information here , especially the red light. wish I knew how to get it out to more people ,I stopped getting biddies the other year now I just set these game hens
@@HomesteadingtheHardWay Thank you. I really tried to make it super simple and easy. I actually don't brood many babies anymore since I rescue so many older birds. They are so fun when they are babies, though!
Sorry for another sad story but my old chicken died a couple off days ago he was 10 he had a bit of blood round his mouth is that natural. On a nicer note I'm probably going to get chicks and hatch them under broody hens then put them in a brooder. The chicken that passed was living at my uncles house because we moved house and left them their because they were happy with the other chickens but I have a bantam that lives at my uncles house he is about ten years old. Sorry for going on about my chickens that died
There is absolutely no need to be sorry. I’m happy to listen and be an outlet for you. I’m so sorry your old chicken died. But isn’t it amazing what a long and good life he had! He was very lucky. I’m not sure what the blood was about but it could be that he died and the other chickens took a peck on his face. That is natural, unfortunately. Good luck with your new babies! I’m here with any questions you may have. 🐥
