chicks 5 weeks

  1. R

    Introducing chicks soon?

    I have four 5 week old chicks that I hope to put outside soon. I’ve read various opinions on when and how to introduce chicks to the big flock. My plan is to put the chicks in my mini coop (with run) next to the big girl coop and let them see each other when the big girls are out and eventually...
  2. MelissaRose

    Chicks to young to go outside?

    I have five chicks that will be five weeks old this weekend, are they to young to go outside?They will be staying in a coop that is quite large,can hold twelve chickens. They will be alone for now but might be joined by some adult silkies soon. I will put them out there today if that's fine...
  3. nturgrlfrnd

    6 wk old chick gender help (Marans, Silkie, Frizzle Cochin)

    I unexpectedly took in ailing day old chicks after TCS got a shipment in with very few survivors due to the cold weather. These are my first chickens and given the circumstances I had no idea what I was getting. Of my survivors I believe I have a Bantam Frizzle Cochin, a Bantam Silkie, and...
  4. henhuggins

    Flock it to me...

    Hello everyone! I'm about 5 weeks in to my first time getting chickens. Initially we ordered five bantams from MPC, and were heartbroken when two of them (Fanny and Emily) died in the first two weeks. Our other three girls, Ada (Bantam Buff Brahma) and Margaret and Harriet (Bantam Mottled...
  5. Emily77

    Sneezing

    My flock of (5 weeks old) 15 chicks and 3 ducks, plus 3 littler 3 week old chicks...I noticed a couple of the older ones sneezing today, got a little more concerned when I felt a wetness spray on me with one sneeze. They’ve been out in their heated coop with access to their not-heated run for...
  6. toomanyjewels

    ISO Japanese Bantam chicks in MA

    Hello, I hatched out some Japanese bantam chicks and I am looking to add a few more birds to my flock. I am in Attleboro MA. Thanks !
  7. 5

    Hens and Chicks

    I have raised backyard chickens for a year, five Buff Orpingtons and a Plymouth Barred Rock. I now have four additional chicks in a brooder and am anxious to add them to the flock this spring.
  8. Paige’sBlueShedFarm

    When to move chicks to coop

    I’m planning on moving all my 17 chicks to the shed that will be their coop once the youngest are 5 weeks old. The oldest one will be 7 weeks by then and I want to move them all in there at the same time. I wondered if my plan is okay. April 27 is supposed to the lowest at 31 degrees and the...
  9. Clucklandia

    5 Week Chicks. Outside Time?

    :D Hello! I have 8 beautiful 5 week old pullets! Are they ready to go outside? And will they need warmth? The weather has been up and down here. :barnie I JUST raised my heat lamp. Trying to adjust them to the 70s. Then 60s..
  10. orangesplash

    Buff Silkie chick mood is off...

    I got a one month old Buff Silkie & when i got it together with my chicks ranging from ages 20 days to 1.5 month, the buff silkie seems demoralized & upset-so much so that I thought it was sick. Now i have separated the buff silkie from the rest of the lot but now i feel sorry for it. She is...
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