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I agree! Mine still are not brave enough yet to stand up to the Bigs. They run and squack. One of my little Barredrocks has taken up residence on the big girl perch. She stays to one end though. They don't seem to mind her up there. Hopefully she is a she. Still not sure yet if I got any...

My little peeps started free ranging with the big girls a couple weeks after I moved them outside. They have been in an open kennel, that the big girls could always see them, so when I let them out to roam with them, it was like no big deal. Unless there is special food involved. My little...

I have been wondering this same thing about the heat lamp.

Night two of the chicks being outside. Although I didn't go check on them in the middle of the night, I did wake up a few times thinking of them. I got up at 4:30am and saw the temperture had dropped 17 degrees from the previous morning to 33 degrees. I immediately went out to check on the...

My chicks did fine and it was about 50 degrees when I woke at 5am. Of coarse I went out at 1am to check on them also. It has been about 48 all day today and they have mostly stayed inside where the heat lamp is, except for an occasional run out and then back in. They seem to be happy with...

My 9 chicks have been inside, but they were getting so big the brooder was getting too small and cramped, or at least I thought so. The sun was actually out, and with some pushing to move them outside from my husband, they are now outside. I moved them to a rather large dog kennel run with a...

I also live in the great NW. Wishing I could let my 4 week olds out. Sounds like so much fun for them. I might have gotten away with it yesterday afternoon or at least tried it, Had I read all these post before. They really need their cage cleaned. Not as warm today.