Healthy Chicks! I ordered the city/town special of three chickens. I loved that I could select three different breeds. I chose a Buff Orpington, A Wyandotte, and an Australorp. I received four chicks. The extra is a Buff Orpington. I picked up my little, brown, chirping box from the main post office here and found the cutest little babies inside. They were tucked in with some nesting material, a chemical hand warmer and a wet, green glob of what I think is gro-gel to provide a source of water/nutrition and pro-biotics. All were in good shape, but a little grumpy and loud at first. I showed them their water and food. Immediately afterward, it looked like they all fell over and died, but I guess that’s how it looks when they take naps. …Great joke, Mother Nature! All are healthy now. We did have two of rounds of pasty butt with one of the Buff Orpingtons but even so, her appetite remained good and she stayed active. She was just a little more shy during the course of clearing that. We are using infrared heat lamps, which is drying and could have been the cause. Our chicks are almost four weeks old now, all healthy and very friendly. We love them! Thank you, Cackle Hatchery, for the wonderful chicks, for packaging them so carefully, for providing such detailed guidance on the care of new chicks and for answering my questions over the phone as a first time chicken owner with great patience.
