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I have six pekins. Three ducklings that just went out today. Then I also have year old pekins too. The new ones are separated from the older ones for now. I love ducks. They are so fun to watch. We pull chairs up am hang out with them. It's so fun! And calming!

I moved my five week old pekins out today. I did not add a lamp as they seem fine. I am in md and we finally look like temps are going to be better. But like I said I have a heat lamp ready if needed. Today they began swimming five mins after I put them out! They will be seperated from my adult...

Thank you. I should have asked sooner. I have another group of four week old chicks that perhaps I will begin integrating too. I waited mostly to make sure the babies couldn't slip out of the enclosure. I will try tomorrow and see how it goes w the 8 week olds. Thanks again!

Hi all- I have a hen who is raising her babies in an enclosed area that is in full view of the entire flock. Her babies are 8 weeks old and i was hoping to let them out with the rest of the flock soon. The flock has been able to check them out since birth. I dont know if the babes are hens or...

Coop-ER so sorry about your predator attack! That is so upsetting. I am like you mine go out during the day but have a nice coop and run at night. We weren't going to let them out at all but we did. So now I am hoping we can build an enclosed area around my coop and run and also around the...

Hi Flock Master - Thanks for the reply. I am not sure I can find a chicken tractor big enough for 16 chickens! What if I double the area to 2000 sq ft but then rotate it in some way? Also the ducks have swimming pools now and haven't dug too many holes around it but they do love when I dump...

I do the same - a few times during the day we go out and call them and give them mealworms. cracked corn, veggies...but they end up in those woods and now are eating a hosta garden of my neighbors - she planted it on the other side of the small berm of trees. I had no idea. A type of...

Hi all- I had a neighbor come over yesterday and complain that our chickens were going in her yard. We have a small grouping of woods between us - so I did not realize they were in her yard. We have been letting the chickens free range during the day and they are locked in their coop at night...

You won't believe it but she got out if the enclosure we made even though it had plywood on top! There were little areas in the corners where she must have been able to get up on the crate and jump out! Anyway she was back in the coop sitting in freshly layers eggs! So I moved those put her...

Hi All- I had to move my broody hen with her eggs (I bought her fertilized eggs bc she went broody and she was sitting on them). I had to move her bc the other hens attacked her last night and made her comb bloody. When I found her earlier today she was sitting on newly laid eggs and not on...

[ Coop is Amish made. Big side window and large rect opening. I read put light in in case they fall or need to get water. Once I put them in they stay w door open. They go in and out to eat and hang out there too.... Just not sure what is going on!

I know this has been discussed before! But I just needed to post again! Sorry! My seven week old chicks are loving their run and coop. But they are not heading in to the coop at night. I had a light in there that kept running out of batteries so I strung Christmas lights. I thought maybe it was...

Hi Sunny Skies...were you looking at the cape cod on Moxley? I ask because I looked at the home behind it- an older split level. The cape in front belonged to the owners daughter and son-in-law. I have 2 Arabs! one mare here at my home and one gelding at a lesson barn. I am going to sell him...

I am in Mount Airy! I live in the Carroll County part (there are 4 counties here!) We are allowed chickens but if you put up a building like a shed you have to get a permit- but it is a free permit- well mine was bc I got a pre-fab coop...i think the fee is $50 otherwise. I have land but other...

Welcome- I am new too! I was laughing at the post about the dust! We kept our is a very large extra bath in our basement (large but needing updates!). They got so dusty I was sliding around on the floors in my flip flops! When we moved them this week there was dust on everything! We took...

Hi! I am new to BYC(though I have read alot of info here prior to joining!) So helpful! I just raised 8 chicks from a couple days old- to now six weeks. We put them out in their coop a few days ago. All of mine are from tractor supply..4 tetra tints..2...silver laced wynadottes ...2 red sex...

Welcome! I am new too- though I have been lurking- needed much info! I just became a chicken "mom" six weekes ago! Mine are out in the coop now. We got our bathroom back in the basement- but it was a great spot to raise the chicks!