Thank you! Yes, we do have our coop well ventilated with a vent, exhaust fan and window with a screen (which I am also covering with hardware cloth), and of course they will be able to come out to their enclosed run area.
Thank you! The only thing is I work too far away during the day to run home and refresh their water...but I could put a frozen bottle of water in their water bucket.
So we live in SC and it is hot as blazes this week and looks like next week will be the same 100+ days ! So I am wondering will these babies be okay? Of course their coop and run are in a pretty well shaded area, it gets sun first thing in the morning but then begins to shift about mid-morning...
Hello there! I am a newbie too! I have 10 chicks that I've had for 6 weeks. They should be moving out to their coop this weekend, provided we can finish the fencing on their run! I am a little concerned because of the heat, but hopefully they will be okay. Our weather has been over 100 degrees...
Thank you for posting that picture! We are making a gutter feeder too. Do they seem to walk through it? My 10 girls are moving outdoors hopefully this weekend....depending on whether or not we have thunderstorms that impede our ability to finish fencing their run area. My better half was going...
Thank you Blooie! I appreciate your feedback too! I was thinking from what I have read elsewhere you don't need to put anything else down other than the FF, but I wasn't sure because some people say there should be food available 24/7, so that's why I wondered.
I knew a secondary concept of...
Hello I am new here and just about 6 weeks into having chicks! They are 6 weeks old this coming weekend and I have just started fermenting their feed. I have 10 of them and they love the fermented feed and gobble it right up (we just started 2 days ago). My question is do I need to supplement...