I have a few questions about my Cornish Cross chicks.
At what age should I begin withholding feed?
How many hours a day should I withhold the feed?
When I remove the heat lamp how many hours of light should they get?
How many hours of light should they be getting now @ 2 weeks...
I live in Sacramento, Ca and it gets down to about 30 degrees (that is cold to me). I don't like the cold and don't want my chickens to be cold. Someone was telling me I should not heat the coop, why? I am building a smaller coop for the winter and I was just going to add a light, 80 watts or so...
There is a cock fighting ring next door and I think the rooster, and possibly hen, escaped from it. I am going to turn them in for it and am not going to fight the rooster but it would be cool if they were fighting breeds.
I sent an email to someone selling chicks on Craigslist asking why there chicks were $10 each and why I would pay that much instead of going to feed store and pay $2 for a pullet. I also asked about hormones and disease (they use no medication or antibiotics). I have 15, 2 month old chicks from...