I've had my 10 chicks (8 weeks) and 2 cayugas (also 8 weeks) outside in the coop now for 2 weeks. I have an attached run, which they run around in all day. I've kept the food in the coop and during the course of the day the chicks regularly go in and out of the coop to eat, however, come sunset...
I am currently raising 23 chicks (5 Silver Laced. 5 Buff Orpingtons, 4 Partridge Rocks, and 9 Barred Rocks) along with 2 Cayuga Ducks. All are about 2 1/2 weeks old. I have read that at 3 weeks I should start lower protein food for the Ducks. Question is, the chick starter I am using is 18%...
I built my coop at roughly 30sf, with 3 nesting boxes and about 11 linear feet of roosting space. When I built the coop in the fall I was thinking of keeping 6-8 chickens, but am now looking at keeping 10 now, along with 2 cayuga ducks. I have 72 sf of covered run space for bad weather days, but...
Received our first batch of birds yesterday from eFowl - 5 Partridge Rocks, 5 Buff Orpintons, 5 Silver Laced Wyandottes, and 2 Cayuga ducks! Can sit and just watch them all night long! Unfortunately, one of the Partridge rocks didn't make it and one of the ducks may have an injured leg, but...