literaljones
Chirping
- Apr 13, 2023
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I had planned to start taking the babies outside on short field trips next weekend, but the highs are in the 60's and they will only be 3 weeks old at that point. It won't be in the mid 70's until the second week of May, when they're 4 - 4.5 weeks old. Is that too cold for them? I'm also worried about them not getting sunlight and vitamin D. I've been giving them dandelions, chickweed, and clover, along with a dish of free feed chick grit since they hit the 1 week mark. Will they get enough vitamin D from that? One of my babies seems like she might be depressed. She (I'm assuming here because we bought black sexlinks but this baby has an awful lot of yellow coloring) used to be the most active and inquisitive but now she spends most of her time under the brooding plate, and isn't overly excited about fresh greens anymore. Should I take her out and put her near a window? Black sexlinks are really skittish so I've been trying not to freak them out too much. I was going to sit with them with treats this next week so they could get used to me picking them up. How on earth do you move 12 skittish chicks temporarily outside without scaring them too much?
A worried mother hen
A worried mother hen