It is raining and warm today. I opened up the gate into the big coop, and they all came out. But they are scared of the big hens so they are not exploring as expected.
Well I let out the dog cage/mini coop and they are all back. It is getting close to dark so I expect my 14 week olds and the main hens to come back to the main coop. I am concerned that my 14 week olds are still not roosting. There is an olive egger, a blue Americana, and two wyandottes in...
Alrighy then, I let them all hang out. the two black Asrolorpes, the buckeye, the starlight green, the little polish, the cockoo marin and another bared rock are loose in the yard. Goooo Chickies!!!
Tomorrow I am letting out the ones in the coop/dog cage. I am going to hold back on the other ones since I have a pair of Welsummers that can't seem to get up in the mini-coop. Every night in this unusual cold snap, I have to put them in. So I am going to hold off on them. Thanks, I am going...
Thanks for the reply but I expect to have some loses. The other day when it was really cold, there were at least 4 or 5 hawks in the vicinity, and being the empath that I am, they were calling to me "please give or we will take" Their calls were those of animals pleading for survival. All of ma...
I tried to take advantage of the less hours for egg layers and get some new chicks. That way I am not so upset about them crapping in the egg boxes because the big hens are preventing the roosting pecking order. Well I have some 7 week old's that I got on Oct 4th that are still not roosting...