Recent content by pmcont3

great, thanks

So at a month old they should be wise enough to go to the heat light if needed, and if they choose to stay out of the brooder that's ok

We moved our 1 month old chicks and brooder out to chicken run. The brooder door is open and has a heat light in it. At 10:00pm I checked on the chicks and they were all out of the brooder, so I put them in by hand and closed the door. It got down to 11 degrees celsius. Will they go to the...

They having been laying eggs for 4 1/2 month. We used golf balls for the first couple of month.

I have 7 hens and 3 nesting boxes. They only use 1 box, there's a line up to get in to it. Boxes are identical in size,shape and material used for construction. I have taken eggs out of the THE BOX and placed them in the other 2 to entice, not a chance. Could I board up THE BOX to force them...

Had to check to make sure our dog Taz was home.

I put a small perch for them to climb on in the brooder. Started out about 2" off the floor them slowly moved it higher. We also put a 6"x 10" piece of plywood on the floor of the brooder with a small amount of chick feed on it for them to scratch at.

Yesterday we had our 1st crow, we have 18 chicks 7 weeks old.

We had our brooder in our living room, lots of interaction with us. We handled them at least twice a day for inspection and lap time. We kept our chicks in this brooder to the age of 4 weeks, then out to the coop. They a 7 weeks old now and when we enter the coop or run they come up to us to...

Where is your brooder located?

Our chicks are 6 weeks old, they are on step two feed now. On nice days we let them outside in their run where they have access to sand. What type of treats could we give them.

We made a 45 degree roof over our food tray, raised it top chest height. Not much waste and no poop in it.

Our chicks are 34 days old. Could we give them a cob of corn to peck at, with corn on the cob or just the cob?

You would hate to miss the true chick experience, any chance your husband could move out the coop.