I’ll have to double check when I got them. When I did get them, they told me they were 4 weeks old. Then a few days later another employee said they wouldn’t sell them that young so they had to be older. So it was confusing lol
Thank you! That would definitely make sense if they aren’t! I imagine tractor supply didn’t have their ages right as they seemed to be unsure when I got them.
With going by the age that tractor supply gave me, my girls should be around 23 weeks of age. I purchased 4 at the same time, and none of them are laying yet. They get their regular feed, oyster shells and fruits here and there (mostly apples). I even have fake eggs in the nesting boxes. I’m not...
Keeping my girls safe from the heatwave and the two dogs that are too fond of them. Lol! So we had to compromise, kitchen counter is where they ended up to be inside! They loved it!
Thank you so much for your response! And yea, I definitely had to disinfect the counters haha. They ended up there during a heat wave and two of our dogs aren’t the best with chickens. So up there the dogs couldn’t get to them. I will definitely check out the photo contest and the group to help...
Thank you! And lol! I have dogs, some are good with the chickens and some aren’t. so this was their happy place while escaping from the heat wave haha! I’m surprised my boyfriend didn’t fall over when he seen them up there!
This is great Information! Thank you for taking the time to share your story! I would love to try this. I just got chicks from tractor supply, I didn’t get them from day 1, so I wonder if it would be ok to go ahead and start this method now? It’s mid summer here, I live in Pennsylvania. The heat...
hello everyone! I purchased my first 4 chickens about 4 months ago and just purchased 4 more! We do believe our first 4 are Rhode Island Reds, and second set of 4 the tractor supply couldn’t tell us what they were for sure. The two signs said California whites and Plymouth Rock. I got two that...