Thank you for your response. We are in the process of making another small coop and run beside the big one. It should be finished Saturday and then they will each have their own space until the chicks are bigger then I will try to integrate them. I get a lot of conflicting information and...
Advice please: I have a 1 year old rooster and 2 hens. I have 7 chicks I hatched in an incubator. I put the chicks in the coop with the others in a large dog crate (brooder) at 1 week old. They are now 3 weeks old. In the mornings I let my older ones into the run and let the chicks out into...
Should I be worried about the grown ones pecking at the babies? They have tried to peck at them through the hardware cloth separating the run and coop.
I have a RIR rooster and 2 hens that are one year old. I just incubated some of their eggs and have 7 chicks. At one week old I moved their brooder to the coop with the other chickens. Once a day I put the chickens in the run and let the chicks roam the coop for about 30 minutes. I then put...
I have a 6 x 20 coop and a 20 x 30 run with only 2 hens and a rooster in it. Thank you so much for your input. I will begin with the chick starter while they are in the brooder. When all of that has been eaten I can switch back to the all flock for everybody. Now to just get those chicks...
I have another question if you don’t mind. I will feed my chicks the chick starter feed normally for about 18 weeks. After the chicks are in the coop with the hens and the rooster, can the big ones eat the chick starter until the little ones are 18 weeks? I normally feed my big ones all flock...
Thank you so much! I have another question if you don’t mind. I will feed my chicks the chick starter feed normally for about 18 weeks. After the chicks are in the coop with the hens and the rooster, can the big ones eat the chick starter until the little ones are 18 weeks? I normally feed my...
I have another question if you don’t mind. I will feed my chicks the chick starter feed normally for about 18 weeks. After the chicks are in the coop with the hens and the rooster, can the big ones eat the chick starter until the little ones are 18 weeks? I normally feed my big ones all...