So I've just read the last thread on this and am totally confused! Their seems to be a conflict of opinions and I don't know which is accurate! I have two chicks that are two months old and two that are about six weeks...I'm almost out of the grit started that I had and have been using regular...
What is the best type of litter for an outside coop on the second story porch?! Sand? Shavings? Also,I ran out of chick grit last night and cant get to the store for a couple days!! Will they be ok?!! Freaking out!
My question is;because our coop is on a second story porch what exactly do i use for litter/bedding on the bottom? Do they have to have gravel to peck at for digestion?
I as well have two chicks that are three weeks old and two that are a little over a week. I was going to move them out to the coop this weekend with the heating lamp. I s this too soon? I live in VT.... I don't mind keeping them in longer but the big box they're in seems like not enough! Also...
Hello new chicken loving friends! We're new to raising chickens and space is an issue! We've been pretty creative thus far but would love some ideas from you all! We live in a second story apartment in a small city..We're building the coop in our outside porch but I'm concerned about how to...
Loving BYC so far! I live in Burlington,VT and we're a bunch of chicken lovers here! My son goes to the Sustainability Academy and quite a few of us have chickens! We're raising some next year at school as a matter of fact! Hoping to see more VT posts!
Hi! I'm new to this site and raising chickens myself!! Very excited about them though! We live in a small city and making room with the space we DO have! A little thinking outside the box was needed to make room for a coop! We have two chicks that are three weeks old that we got through my son's...