We just brought home our 10 Buff Orpington chicks today. I am assuming they are only a few days old- we bought them at a local feed store. My brooder, for now, is a large Rubbermaid tub and I bought one of those 250 watt heat lamps because I had intended on keeping the brooder in our garage. The...
Hi everyone-
I haven't posted in a while. (since we inherited 3 grown hens in August!) Things are going so well with our 3 girls that we are going to get 8 Buff Orpington chicks in a few weeks. We are in Maryland and the weather here is usually beginning to warm up- nights may dip into the 30's...
We were given 3 chickens this past Monday. We are still trying to learn what to do. Is it better to leave a feeder in the run full with food or just feed them a certain amount twice a day? Also- they were good layers for the family that gave them to us. We got 1 egg the first day, nothing the...