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Chirping
Hello hello everyone! I hope you all are having a great day. I just thought I would do a little update on my chicks. We started out with 2 Leghorns, 2 Rhode Island Reds, and 6 mystery chicks. (There was some mixed up at the feed store)
A two weeks ago, They were finally old enough to be moved into their new coop. First night went great. They loved all the space. The second night we lost three. Somehow a fox must have breached the coop and took the two reds and one of the Lh. We were devastated.. we quickly made some adjustments to fix the error.
So far, we haven’t had any other breaches.
A few days ago, I let them all into their run and checked on them before I left for work. My boy checked on them around 12 or 1. They were all fine. When I returned home from work that evening, my last LH was dead. Nothing had gotten in. She was just dead. I have no idea what happened. The other girls were fine.
I’m so devastated. I don’t know what we are doing wrong. This is our first time having chickens and we are failing.
We went ahead and ordered 4 Leghorns and 2 Golden Laced Wyandotte’s. They will be ready for pick up on the 24th of July. I’m a little sad we have to start over with Chicks but excited to add to our flock.
Any advice for introducing them to the older flock when the time comes?
or just any advice at all?
A two weeks ago, They were finally old enough to be moved into their new coop. First night went great. They loved all the space. The second night we lost three. Somehow a fox must have breached the coop and took the two reds and one of the Lh. We were devastated.. we quickly made some adjustments to fix the error.
So far, we haven’t had any other breaches.
A few days ago, I let them all into their run and checked on them before I left for work. My boy checked on them around 12 or 1. They were all fine. When I returned home from work that evening, my last LH was dead. Nothing had gotten in. She was just dead. I have no idea what happened. The other girls were fine.
I’m so devastated. I don’t know what we are doing wrong. This is our first time having chickens and we are failing.
We went ahead and ordered 4 Leghorns and 2 Golden Laced Wyandotte’s. They will be ready for pick up on the 24th of July. I’m a little sad we have to start over with Chicks but excited to add to our flock.
Any advice for introducing them to the older flock when the time comes?
or just any advice at all?