Hello!
I have a few questions about my little chickities. They are about 1 week old. We got them on Saturday june 6th and they were about 2 days old then. But we think our white cuckoo marans are older. (they look bigger and sturdier, if that makes sense)
1) I have my chicks in a little wooden barn (well acctually its not little, my dad never makes anything little
)And a cardboard box around the front of it for more room. how the barn is constructed it has two "stalls" (each one big enough to fit all my 17 chickies comfortably) and then the cardboard wall connecting the two stalls together. They have sliding doors that cover the openings (makes it easy to catch them!). And the front wall is a half wall(like big windows). Today they have decided that they want to roost on the half wall. I was reading that they shouldn't start roosting until they are around 1 month old. What should i do about the half wall? should i find some way to cover it, or will they be fine.
2)i had my chicks on pine shavings, but they started scratching and eating the little pieces of shavings. I put them on paper towels for now, but i'm going through about a roll of papertowels a day(i change it 2 sometimes 3 times a day). I would like to switch them back, but i heard that if they eat the shavings they could die...what should i do?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
~Nylorac
I have a few questions about my little chickities. They are about 1 week old. We got them on Saturday june 6th and they were about 2 days old then. But we think our white cuckoo marans are older. (they look bigger and sturdier, if that makes sense)
1) I have my chicks in a little wooden barn (well acctually its not little, my dad never makes anything little
)And a cardboard box around the front of it for more room. how the barn is constructed it has two "stalls" (each one big enough to fit all my 17 chickies comfortably) and then the cardboard wall connecting the two stalls together. They have sliding doors that cover the openings (makes it easy to catch them!). And the front wall is a half wall(like big windows). Today they have decided that they want to roost on the half wall. I was reading that they shouldn't start roosting until they are around 1 month old. What should i do about the half wall? should i find some way to cover it, or will they be fine.2)i had my chicks on pine shavings, but they started scratching and eating the little pieces of shavings. I put them on paper towels for now, but i'm going through about a roll of papertowels a day(i change it 2 sometimes 3 times a day). I would like to switch them back, but i heard that if they eat the shavings they could die...what should i do?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
~Nylorac
