We couldn't do straight runs, we wanted to make sure we got kid friendly breeds and all pullets. But if we had unlimited space and we're raising broilers and layers I would have gotten some of those they were cheap cheap here lol
He everyone 1st set of chicks, we have moved them out to the coop and run the last couple of days. Everything is going good except for in the morning I am having to basically kick them out of the coop to get them outside. Are there any tricks to getting them to come out on their own or am I just...
Thanks for the warm welcome, I have a cousin in Australia, Sydney are I believe. I'm in East Tx so we get brutal summers and cold winter which only last a couple weeks lol.
Silicone can also degrade plastic you wouldn't think so but it does if you are that worried about the seal cut some washer from rubber, I just thought an old pair of rubber boots would do great to make washers from
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes we are new to chickens, we got a first batch about a month ago 4 golden comets 2 ROT and 2 PER, a week ago we got 3 Buff Opringtons
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? 11
(3) What breeds do you have? Golden comets, rir...