My two Reds are 6 weks old and I am ready to pit them outside in their new coop.....but should I put a heat lamp out their with them? Its supposed to be down in the single digits the next couple of nights........will they be ok or should I wait another week? They have about outgrown the brooder.....
Ok....I am about a week and a half away from moving my babies outside. They will be 6 weeks old. I will have the heat lamp for them in coop but outside of that....I am a little lost as to what I need to make sure they have. I have a hanging water feeder and a trough type feeder but what else do...
Will handling my chicks more when they are young make them more "holdable" when they are older? They are kind of skiddish now......can I change this by more handling?
My family and I are starting out in this whole chicken thing.....very excited and ready to learn as much as we can. We bought 7 chicks 2 weeks ago. 2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Dominique, 2 Buff Orpington, and 1 Welsummer. They are getting so big!!! Cant believe we love them as much as we do........:)...