Our school has one, there isn't even a door on the port between the run and coop! It's completely built with hardware cloth and solid roof, so extremely predator proof. Works pretty well, no predation except humans sometimes trying to steal them.
The biddies are getting even bigger, I took a clean out as an opportunity to get more pics! I've been keeping track of them as they grow, but now I'm not too confident about how I sexed them. I'm going to try checking their wing feathers at the next cleaning.
Below: Grape, Lime, Kiwi, Plum, and...
It's been a couple weeks and the chicks have grown so fast! I also got 2 welsummer and 1 Dominique chick to raise with them from my local farm store (Barnes!)
First brooder - one of those black tots from Costco
New brooder: an old chicken run in the garage
Much easier to clean and give the...
For the waterer, mine figured it out pretty quickly, but you can do the same thing I do with chicks: hold them and put their beak up to the nipples, or while they are watching, move the nipples enough to make water drop down. They are pretty quick on the uptake for food and water.
I don't have...
I did do a review of the chicks and cut off the leg bands out of an abundance of caution. Also took the opportunity to name them. Honestly ...lime and lemon...I can barely tell them apart. Lime has slightly more light fluff under the wings.
Peach formerly square - OliveExSS (f)
Kiwi formerly...
I have facial blindness and ADD 🥲
I took a closer look today and can tell the Easter Egger(throat muff) decent and ...sort of tell that there is one of the brown chicks that has a different colored head. All of my other chickens are very different breeds so I don't have much experience on other...