Hi. I’m in the process of integrating my 6 year old hens with my 10 week old chicks. The old hens have half the coop- the one on the chicken door side so they have free access to the run.
The 10 week girls are on the side with the people door. So, a couple days ago I rigged up a bit of a run for the littles off of the people door. Apparently it wasn’t a very good run as all 5 managed to get out and couldn’t get back in.
Today was the one day I worked away from the home, so I couldn’t check on them regularly. My husband and daughter had both reported them doing fine.
It is raining buckets and I went out to close up the door, assuming that they’d be back in the coop by now - late dusk.
Well, they all were outside my makeshift run in the rain - soaking wet. I was able to grab one of them and put her in the coop and then I herded the others into the coop.
They’re not cuddly chicks and would likely not appreciate me going out and trying to dry them off with a towel. If I tried, there would be a lot of screaming and flying around blindly.
Do I have to worry about them being wet?
The temp is 59 degrees F. It may go down to 55 degrees.
The 10 week girls are on the side with the people door. So, a couple days ago I rigged up a bit of a run for the littles off of the people door. Apparently it wasn’t a very good run as all 5 managed to get out and couldn’t get back in.
Today was the one day I worked away from the home, so I couldn’t check on them regularly. My husband and daughter had both reported them doing fine.
It is raining buckets and I went out to close up the door, assuming that they’d be back in the coop by now - late dusk.
Well, they all were outside my makeshift run in the rain - soaking wet. I was able to grab one of them and put her in the coop and then I herded the others into the coop.
They’re not cuddly chicks and would likely not appreciate me going out and trying to dry them off with a towel. If I tried, there would be a lot of screaming and flying around blindly.
Do I have to worry about them being wet?
The temp is 59 degrees F. It may go down to 55 degrees.
