transition outdoors

  1. N

    Transition to outside

    Our chicks hatched on June 6th. Third time raising chicks in a brooder and these 9 are messy!! They’re honestly bigger than my other flocks were at this age. My partner wants to move them outdoors to our small chicken coop/run. It’s attached to our main chicken run, so they’ll get some...
    • Ncfarm828
    • Thread
    • advice brooder advice messy chicks tired of the dust transition outdoors
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  2. N

    Transitioning in Heat

    We have a six week old flock that we've been brooding in our basement. It's a fairly cool basement that get's a bit of air conditioning in the finished parts. Brooding has been fine and they've done just fine with the heat lamp. It's taken me a while to get our coop/run built. But I think the...
  3. M

    How should I clean a used coops?

    Good morning! I recently purchased a used chicken coop for my pullets who will be transitioning out of their brooder this week. The coop came from a local long-term chicken keepers, and the last chicken of their flocked died about 7 weeks ago at 11 years old from old age. The coop is made from...
  4. sammi_lynn12

    Best way to transition?

    In about three weeks our youngest chicks are able to go out in the coop and their pen. They will be just under eight weeks old. They currently are not using a heat lamp anymore as of two days ago. I have been keeping them inside our insulated garage, which doesn’t get below 70 degrees yet. My...
    • sammi_lynn12
    • Thread
    • cold weather coop coop transition transition outdoors transition to coop transition to outside
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  5. K

    Transitioning chicks to hen house for bed time

    Do you leave food and water in your coop overnight for a period of time while the chicks get used to being out there? They’ve had food and water overnight in their brooder since I brought them home. I am about to officially evict them. They are 6-ish weeks old and almost fully feathered, and I...
  6. W

    We have chickens again!

    Hi! I’m a returning member. We just built the new coop at our new house and got 6 chicks. They are 3 Auracanas, and 3 Buff Orpington. I’d say they are about 3 weeks old. we live in San Diego, California in an unincorporated area and we have a pet potbelly pig and 3 dogs. The chicks have a...
  7. orangesplash

    Raising chicks in a brooder- when to transition outdoors?

    I have Aseel chicks here-in our part of the world i.e Pakistan, the colors are given names in the native language. So I have Heera Aseel-they are pure white in color. So I had the eggs incubated in my Brinsea Octagon Ex. The hatch was beautiful. the chicks are doing amazing :) I have a few...
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