Question Numero Uno:
How old should chicks be until I allow them to sleep outside in the coop without the heat lamp?
Right now they are about a month old, and they've been sleeping in the coop with a heat lamp on one side of it for about a week and a half now...(Three girls and one boy)...
So...I have good news and bad news. The chicks I had before that you wonderful people helped me figure out what they were...were killed. By a neighbors dog. I almost killed the dog. I contemplated sueing the owner...The dog escaped and went on a killing spree of my chicks, another neighbors cat...
So these two little ducklings were left abandoned on my front lawn. No mother in sight, and the third little guy ran off, and I think my cats or some fox got to it before I could...*sniffle*
But I have never had any poultry before, I've had my 4 chicks for about 4 days now. I have no idea what...
Ok, I know it isn't chicken related, but somebody just abandoned two baby ducks on my front door. The mother is nowhere to be seen, and the third just escaped. I have NO idea what ducks eat. I have 4 baby chickens right now, only a week old, so I have the ducks in with them under the heat lamp...
So I have three new baby chickens. One has black feathers and black legs.
Another one looks like a baby chipmunk...So I was thinking that one might be either a Golden Phoenix or a Speckled Sussex, but I have no clue...
and my other one is creamy white with feathers on the back side of her...