LOL Deb,

Got into the chick discussion today with H. He informed me that HE wasn't getting up at no 7am to take care of them...told me it wasn't necessary?

Now I realize that H doesn't like to have his sleep messed with (who does??) so I asked him for a different solution then since my concern was for their light cycle. Granted, I don't have experience with chickens but I DO have it with parrots and the like and light cycle is important with them. I also pointed out that I have been changing their water 3 times a day and at 7 the darn thing was usually empty and nasty (these chicks play in it?).

His solution was to either do it all before we went to bed or at least change the water then. Our bedtime varies (usually between 3 and 6 am) so I'm thinking we are going to have some pretty confused chicks so then my concern turns to stressing them out

I guess we'll try it his way and see what happens...at least he helped me handle them today.

Deb, we keep the chicks in an old Purina brooder up in our loft/computer room...H is SUPPOSE to start working on the henhouse/run here in a couple of weeks.

You asked on your thread(?) about the place we got our chicks from. I don't think I can say enough GOOD about them H was actually shocked at the size of the chicks (big) when they arrived and all appear to be THRIVING We haven't had any pecking problems or anything. Looks like we are going to have 31 chickens .

Hugz,
Zoo

"If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm." - Mahatma Gandhi