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    4week old chicks in coop overnight

    This is my first flock and was wondering if I can put my 4 chicks outside overnight at 4weeks? We’re in Southern California and it’s been 90 during the day, and about 65 at night. The brooder is currently in the garage, where it gets unbelievably hot, and I move them to the coop outside each day...
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    A good chance they hatch tonight-light?

    Newbie here. We have had chickens for a year and are having our first eggs hatching very soon! We started hearing (one? several?) peeps this afternoon from our silky's clutch of five. My question is, if there is a decent chance one or more hatch tonight while we are asleep, should I leave a heat...
  3. Quackers3211

    Can chicks go overnight without water?

    My mama hen just hatched chicks and is still sitting on the nest trying to hatch the rest of the eggs ( some chickens layed eggs in there with her while she was broody) and I saw one move inside an egg while candling so I’m letting her stay on the nest. I’ve been bringing them water but don’t...
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    Question about Feeding

    At what age do I stop giving my chickens as much food as they like. I put out enough that it takes them a few days to a week to get it eaten. They are almost four weeks old now, and they don't seem to be pigging out as of yet. However I was wondering about the age when I should stop giving food...
  5. Sue E.

    Going from freerange to coop

    I have two Rhode Island Reds that, until now, have been 100% free range. I'm getting ready to put up a coop for them. I'm just wondering how they might react to going from free range to coop after such a long time. (They're still under a year old but both have started laying.) I also want them...
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