Every flock is different my chickens you can just drop a new bird in there and they accept them right into the flock. Now other flocks may want to dismember them. It all depends on your chickens.
My coupe is a massive 10x15 shed with a 1x1 hole cut into it attached to that is a 10x10 pen.
My chickens have access inside and outside 24/7 during the day we let them out into the yard.
But when "in their coupe" they still can go inside outside.
The indoor portion of the coupe has A/C and...
Ohh probably 3 months? They eat it like it is going to be their last meal. I usually use Friskies/Fancy Feast or whatever is on sale at Walmart other than the Twin Pet/Special Kitty.
We purchased a roman tufted goose from a feed store about 6-8 months ago as a young adult to act as a "guard" for our small chicken flock. We were told "she" was a female but we are not 100% sure. I looked in "her" vent and didn't see anything that resembled male but I am not sure. I cannot seem...
It depends.... For me I have a highly mixed flock.
Chickens, chicks. ducks, and a goose.
I mix Game Bird chow, layena, and chick grower with whole oats, whole corn, hen scratch, and calf manna.
I give them all 2 cans of wet cat food every night plus our food scraps, fresh organic foods every...
All my chicks are in a brooding cage inside our MASSIVE chicken house. They're in sight and smell of all our chickens.
After the chicks have some of their feathers we put them in the outside portion of our chicken pen while the older birds are out free ranging. We set up a heat light area for...