Chicks

My dad got a bunch of chicks from our local feed shack- brown leghorns and lavender orpingtongs. We claimed a few, and G's cousin claimed a few, and Dad delivered them. 

We set up a tote in our garage. It's still too cold for them to be outside. Apparently, it's a little too cold in our garage as well. Notice how all the chicks are huddled underneath the heat lamp? That's a sign that they are not warm enough.

We had the idea of putting the tote on top of a table to keep them off the cold cement floor. It seemed to help. G put a rug underneath for more insulation.

The leghorns tend to be flighty and are big enough they can jump out of the tote. We put a metal shelf on top of the tote to keep all the chicks inside. So far it's working to keep them in! (Now they're huddled around the food. 😅)

The tote we started with ended up too crowded, so I split up the chicks into two groups. The second group is in a cardboard box, which seems to work just fine.

They're starting to outgrow both of these though, so my next task is to figure out a way to house them in the shed without any cats or Jip being able to get at them.