So I'm getting my first chicks from a small farm an hour away from a laying chicken that's eggs are hatching. Cross your fingers I get all hens!
As you can see, I'm very excited
I have a 5x7 coop, and I'm only getting 3 or 4 chickens. I talked to my friend and he said if you have that big of a coop with only 4 chickens you'll need a heat lamp. But i've heard that it can be dangerous with grown chicks?
So this is my coop, I'm building a ramp over it soon so they have somewhere to go outside, but I was just posting it here to see if you have any suggestions. ( by the way, I don't have any of the bedding and water/food in it)
Hope this is the right forum-
So I'm well informed about raising chickens from chicks. I want three chicks, But I can't spend thirty dollars on shipping from mypetchicken! And Ideal Poultry is okay, but there's not much else to buy that's useful other than poultry to spend the minimum 25...
I am getting two rhode island chickens, and we have a raised shelter in our backyard, about 5x7. I'm putting bedding inside and everything, but is this suitable for them? what could I apply to make this better?