Our chicks are going to be heading outside in about a week. We have the run almost done, and the coop should be coming next weekend (a friend is building it for us)-
The run is pretty big (tall-wise) so we can stand up in it- can we put some roosts in the run- or would that prevent them from...
Hello!
My husband and I are the proud parents of 5 chickens. They are about 7 weeks old.
I have a questions about winter and chickens. We live in Central CT. Do the chickens just run around outside in the snow? (they have a nice run- so I mean in the run). Do you shovel the run? Or do they...
Now that the chicks are a bit older (and bigger) we moved them into a dog crate- this way they can't fly out, and they have more room.
I put screening around the bottom to help with the amount of shavings being kicked out of the crate, and that seems to be working.
Is there anything else I...
Hello-
My husband and I are the proud new owners of 5 little chicks- we are excited about our flock.
We have 2 Americuana, 1 Barred Rock, 1 Gold Sex Link, 1 RI Red.
We live in central CT and are new to chicken raising.
The chicks seem happy and healthy so far, and we are looking forward...