Posts by Othylocke

As an update, we got an additional 16 Barred Rocks with a few Dominiques with them. We lost 6 of the Rocks the first night. We currently have 35 chicks. They are enjoying the coop and hopefully we won't loose any more. One more...

Forgive me I meant featured breed. Basically each week they get in red pullets and straight run "featured" breed. They are never sure which breed they receive until they get there.

Straight run unfortunately. My TSC never sexes any of their "specialty" breeds. We are hoping that we get at least half female. The funniest thing is that my 2 week old red pullets were terrified of the new Rocks. They got over it...

So I am lucky enough to walk into my local Tractor Supply today when they just got a shipment of chicks in. I bought the lot of em. We had always planned to get Barred Rocks as soon as possible and now we do.

I bought an Arrow 10'x8'x6.5' from Lowe's and think it is good enough to house 20 chickens.   I don't know what kind of budget you have but the 10'x8' was only 298 plus tax. The floor frame came with it and if you lay down...

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Well it really depends on the chicks more than how you try to do with them. Obviously if you hold them wrong or try to pick them up in a way that they instinctively do not like then they won't respond well.   When my chicks...

Ten foot by Eight foot coop for twenty four = 3.3 sq feet per   Free range space is roughly 8000 sq feet = 333.3 sq feet per bird.     Edited due to chicken math

Crushed Granite for grit. I'm unsure on how much the chick will grow but I assume that it will grow to the same size as a normal chicken of that breed.

I would think that if there were a reason it would be boredom. I noticed a general lack of activity in the brooder after a few days of being in it myself. If there is an affinity to the weather...I have no clue