I've been trying over the last 3to 4 weeks to introduce my littles to my 4 month olds....they have spent the last few weeks in a dog crate inside the chicken coop. The big girls haven't really bothered them until I started to let the littles out to mingle...welllllll needless to say it doesn't...
Today I noticed one of our girls had been bit by something. Whatever it was took a rather large bite from the back of her neck. At first I thought her feathers were just wet from the rain we've had but realized after she had been kind of off on her own that something more was wrong.
We put a...
Our 8/9 week old girls got to free range for the first time today. We put them in their new coop on Tuesday evening and decided today was a nice day to let them explore !
I was worried they might wander off but they haven't gone more than 5 feet from the coop ! They are loving being free !
Hello all!
This is our first year raising chicks. Our girls are now 6-7 weeks old and I am just finishing up their coop. Should be done tomorrow.
I removed the heat lamp a few days ago and they have been fine without it. Today is a beautiful day outside (about 70) so I moved their brooder to...
The girls started to outgrow their little plastic tub we had them in so today I decided to make them a new "Apartment" that they will stay in until the weather turns nice (and I finish the coop).
Took me about 5 hours and used up all the scrap wood we had laying around :)
Just wanted to share...
Hi all,
I'm new to the site and to raising chicken. My wife and I now have 11 baby Pullets and I want to convert our old shed into a coop. I threw together a quick drawing of when I am thinking of doing. I will add the photo to this post and would like any ideas or info I can get if y'all think...