When I allow the chickens out into the yard, do I need to provide food inside the coop? I will have feeders and water outside in the yard. I am thinking they will only go in the coop during bad weather, for sleeping and laying eggs. It seems like extra work to provide food and water inside...
As an avid YouTube watcher I often see coops with signs of various kinds usually Fresh Eggs or some thing to that effect. Do any of you have a sign on your coop?
Here is mine:
My chicks are three weeks old. They are in the coop where they will live. They are not free to go out into the chicken yard yet. So how old should they be before I can let them out into the yard? I have Olive Eggers and Lavender Ameraucana.
My name is Gary and I am living in Hammond, LA. Thanks for the nice forum and website.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I raised chickens years ago along with ducks, guineas and pheasants. I currently have 12 chickens. Lavender Ameraucana and Olive Eggers, they...