Baby chicks will be 5 weeks old Monday. I want to let them out of the coop and into the run but not sure if they need to be in grass as tall as what is in my run right now. the grass is knee high with the some stems over 5' tall. Some of it is beaten down where I have walked through it so they...
I have read several times some of you feed cooked eggs to your chickens as a treat. I only have baby chicks and thought about feeding them a treat when they get 2 weeks old but the only eggs I have right now are store bought eggs. Is this ok? or should I find them another treat? What is another...
The last time I had chickens the chicken Math got me and I ended up with too many. Part of the reason I got rid of them. This time my plan was to only keep 10-12. So I ending up ordering 23. I have added 2 more to the order and now I am at 25. If all make it I will have to rehome and that is...
I order from Meyer back in april and now I am worried I should have done more research before ordering. I have 21 pullets of at least 2 but no more than 3 of Black Australorp, Barred Rock, Buff Orphington, Dominque, Speckled Sussex, Golden Laced Wyandotte, Rhode Island Red and Partridge Cochin...
My brooder is 3'x4', how long will I be able to keep 22 babies in there before I will need to move the to the coop 8x8. The chicken run is 18'x18' but figure I will want to keep them in the coop a while before they get to go in the yard. All advice is appreciated. Only planning on keeping 10 or...
I am a new poster but an old reader. I have read a lot preparing for my new chicks that will arrive in July. I had chickens about 10 years ago and used my father-in-law as my go to about anything chicken related. He has since passed so I thought I would try and find a new source and found...