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My chicks go out at two weeks, no matter what time of year. I just cant stand the noise, smell and dust after that. Most times they go out with a heat lamp with appropriate bulb, (I use household bulbs) so usually it might be a small 15 watt to wean them off the light until they are accustomed...

By the way, once your chickens are adults this "flipping food all over the place " continues. Raising the feeder up to neck level , inhibits the beak flipping food action some.

Chickens love to flip feed out and all over the place. I use a metal feeder like this one. They cant flip so much out with this type. Good luck! Cute chicks!

Yes, your eggs should be still fertile. Up to 2 or 3 weeks after a mating. Bigger question would be are your chickens safe from the racoon? Once they successfully find food source, the keep returning.

Oh Wow! What a great mix of critters you have. Welcome! Feel free to post pictures any time. We love it! I just picked up 8 turkens for my broody who did not have a great hatch. Here they are before I went out and tucked them under her.

I dont own a red light. I brood with a heat lamp, but use household bulbs. I start usually with a 75, then I reduce to 60, 45, then adjust when they go out Once they are fully feathered its gets discontinued. Even a dim light will be a comfort for them for while they transition to the new...

Mine all go out at 2 weeks. No matter what time of year. Dust, noise and smell are the reasons they must get out! With a heat lamp of course. I will use light bulbs down to a 15 watt sometimes before I discontinue the light altogether. This gives them a gradual transition to natural darkness...

Article 'My Coop' https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/my-coop.76267 My walking coop is made 98% all reclaimed, reused materials.

Cardboard will be of no protection against racoon, weasel or dog, really anything can get in. Outside weather will destroy it quickly, It's a useless endeavor. Put your work into something useful. If you are handy with hammer and nails, a pretty good coop can be built with reclaimed...

If she is broody, and you do not want her to hatch any fertle eggs you could come up with, and you do not desire or have room for more chickens, you should break her brood. You need to do this for her health sake. Brooding takes a total on health due to inactivity and dietary restrictions and...

Just leave her be, she knows what is necessary right now. I would not bother or interrupt her unnecessarily at this time. She needs quiet and peace to finish her task. In fact, all I do with my broodys is provide fresh water and food in the outer broody pen. No mater how tempted I am to look, I...

I put a mix of Granite Grit and Oyster shell in a piglet feeder attached to the inside wall of my walk in coop. Free choice at all time .

A lot of toe and leg problems are due to vitamin deficiency, usualy the b vitamins It could also just be a genetic trait in your bird. I hatched some Maran eggs I purchased online, and half the chicks had a little (outer) toe that was short, like half a toe. It has a nail so it's a full toe...

Scratching all the nest box material, eggs and golf balls out of the nest area tell me that they dont have enough space. Tell or show is your coop and run.

Are you sure? Is there a gooey mess in the next box? Evaluate your set up and nest box situation. give chickens lots of space and things to scratch through. Boredom sometimes leads bad habits if chickens are cramped together Make your nest box dark. They dont eat what they cant see Put deep...

Hi, I looked at your previous thread. I see some feather damage but it does not seem to be feather plucking yet. There is no bare skin ot blood drawn yet?

Great! Welcome to the flock!

That's great! What day is this?

And NO! dont catch and release a racoon. Dispatch it. If you move it elswhere it just moves your chicken killer near to someone elses flock. Also moved wildlife is sometimes killed by local wildlife or starved because it has no knowledge of the new territory. Plus, once you catch and dispatch...

Hi, are your chickens locked in a secure place at night? Racoons are opportunists and if you give them an opening, they will take it. Also, I'm wondering about the "little hidey hole". That does not sound like racoon to me. Sorry for your loss!