4 week old meats and lots of Mosquitos !!!!! Help

[Lisa2013]

Hi I am new to the whole chicken thing, we have 40 white meat chickens about 4 weeks old and we just put them outside in their new coop! They all seem good but I am worried about all the Mosquitos out there with them. we are in a bad area but I am wondering if they will affect the chicks? Any help would be great. They are in a tractor coop with chicken wire and a shelter ( they don't even go into) and a tarp covering half of it. Thanks

 

[iwiw60]

Sounds like "munchies" for the poults!

 

[Paiz]

I think the birds will make the mosquitos regret being near them.... our birds love chasing and eating the mosquitos!!

 

[yooper coop]

Within seconds of removing my meat birds from the box they were chomping mosquitos. I live by a river way up north, not a problem. They love it.

 

[nicole camp]

 

[Lisa2013]

Thx you put my mind at ease!

 

[Sabz]

I was also worried about mosquitos. Then I noticed that the chicks were chasing them around. It created a good exercise for them, as well as treats, so I decided that they seemed to like the mosquitos and stopped thinking about it.

It is just a pain when I got change the buckets of water and sit down to play with the chicks

 

[yooper coop]

I just got done changing their bedding, mosquitos almost carried me away, trying not to play with them. First go with meat birds and I know what happens in five more weeks :-/