It's going to be in my backyard which is fenced, but it gets pretty windy in my area. I will have windows all the way around that open. Think large backyard tool shed with windows and a door kind of deal. I was wanting to just put the little vents at the top too because it's going to be pretty air tight.
I was wondering the same thing & Mtn Margie lives way higher than I do, so I might consider 6 or 7 weeks old.
We start feeding our chicks meal worms at about 4 weeks old. We don't get the larger ones. but the small ones they do fine with. Thats the only treat we give them occasionally when they are small. They really don't need anything else but the chick starter. It is a complete food for them. When they are three months old, we start giving them greens and yogurt. My chickens love yogurt. I recently started giving our year old girls oatmeal with seeds also. The only thing they don't eat are tomatoes...fruit or leaves, potatoes, and onions. I have heard that chickens love siberian pea shrubs so I am ordering a few to plant around the outside of the run to peek through the wire so they don't completely devastate the plants. We let them free range in the winter but keep them in their large run in the summer.
I live in Berthoud @ 5,030. We have a ton of old trees that block the sun out partially in the day so I might wait till week 7. I don't want to have to heat the coop.
EXACTLY! I got some vents from Habitat ($.50 each). I'm going to put them up high near the roof line. If it get super cold i have magnetic vent covers to put on.
