I’m excited to announce that I’ll be bringing home 100 chicks to add to my little flock in June!
(if you've just come from my other anxiety riddled post, welcome to another lmao)
After doing extensive reading I’ve decided to outdoor brood. Originally we built a wild wall to separate the coop...
It was only a matter of time... this flock of 16 is growing- by 100!
I'm definitely overthinking this lol- but would bringing 100 chicks (50 4-5 weeks, and 50 2-3 weeks) boxed up and packed into the bed of a pick up truck cause too much stress? The drive from the hatchery is only about 20-30...
bringing chickens with me
chick delivery
driving with chicks
mail order chicks
shipped chicks
transport chickens
transporting chickens
travelling
truckin hen
trucks loaded with cages
Happy to be a part of the community !
My small flock started with a friend gifting her bullied hen with curly toes to me.
Since then it’s been slowly growing, and I’m always looking for opinions and tips.
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For context::::
I haven’t had my flock long, but it started when I was gifted a curly toed hen who was bullied out of her previous flock from a friend. She’s about 40wks now. Around 20ish weeks I added 4 pullets (7wks) to have her some company.
9 weeks ago I picked up 15 more chicks. 13 made...