I have 6 week old chicks and would like to move them outside when they are about 8 weeks. They are mostly fully feathered now but it's almost January. I'm having the barn re-wired so it can handle a 250 watt heat lamp. Is it safe to move them outside into a mostly draft free barn with a...
Good afternoon! I'm doing my first batch of eggs and am on day 22. There are no pips, no movements that I see, no chirping. Read up on this and someone recommended doing the float test. I saw no movement. The eggs did not float, not even where the air sac is. Come someone interpret this...
I live in a county that allows me to have chickens but the neighborhood association says no. I have them anyway because that's how I roll. I have a fenced in yard...fairly decent size. My 5 chickens are in an entirely closed coop and run and stay in there 99.9% of the time. My question is...
I am not able to free range my chickens (I don't think). I have a prefabricated coop and my husband extended the chicken run another 6 feet to give the chickens more room to move around. I'm a little worried that they won't be able to forage for bugs etc and get bored. What types of...