- May 8, 2012
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i got a call at 5 sunday night that the chicks are at the post office - so i have to pick them up tomorrow, problem is that i have to get them at 8:30 in the morning when the post office opens, but have to then go straight to work with them, and won't get home til about 7 - 8 PM.
so should i just leave them in the box? i can provide heat for the box, ( do i need to do that or will that bake them ) that seems safest to me rather than opening it to water them and having to then stress them 8 hours later with another transport. it is a 90 minute drive home after work.
thoughts??
thank you
also ( unrelated question ) i ordered 25 chicks due to the ordering minimum but really only want about 8 chickens, when is the best time to try to sell or give away the others. is it more stressful on the group to take away half of them when they are 3 months old than earlier? id like to keep my favorites so would like to keep them to the pullet age preferably to enable me to choose the friendliest ones , but don't want to make it harder for the flock if i do that.
martha
so should i just leave them in the box? i can provide heat for the box, ( do i need to do that or will that bake them ) that seems safest to me rather than opening it to water them and having to then stress them 8 hours later with another transport. it is a 90 minute drive home after work.
thoughts??
thank you
also ( unrelated question ) i ordered 25 chicks due to the ordering minimum but really only want about 8 chickens, when is the best time to try to sell or give away the others. is it more stressful on the group to take away half of them when they are 3 months old than earlier? id like to keep my favorites so would like to keep them to the pullet age preferably to enable me to choose the friendliest ones , but don't want to make it harder for the flock if i do that.
martha
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