Sometime tomorrow we're picking up a couple of 4-5 wk old Silkies and currently we don't have a place to put them outside as the chick coop is housing our older chicks. Once the other chicks are big enough to be placed with the flock, these ones will be put in the chick coop.
Will it be fine to keep them indoors longer than they normally should be?
We're getting rain starting Wednesday next week until Friday Nov 30th so I don't want to stick them out yet until we have something for them to sleep in.
We used to raise Silkies alongside other breeds around the time we started raising chickens but stopped after my mother mainly wanted Polish. Now we currently(until tomorrow) only have a Silkie/Cochin mix named Mouse.
Any advice you can offer will be appreciated!!
Will it be fine to keep them indoors longer than they normally should be?
We're getting rain starting Wednesday next week until Friday Nov 30th so I don't want to stick them out yet until we have something for them to sleep in.
We used to raise Silkies alongside other breeds around the time we started raising chickens but stopped after my mother mainly wanted Polish. Now we currently(until tomorrow) only have a Silkie/Cochin mix named Mouse.
Any advice you can offer will be appreciated!!