Free ranging

[Thechicksdigme]

What age do you start letting your chicks free range? Mine are 6 weeks and they seem so small to let free range yet.

 

[GC-Raptor]

What age do you start letting your chicks free range? Mine are 6 weeks and they seem so small to let free range yet.

I let them Freerange after all Pullets have been laying in nests at least one month.
My Pullets are 17 weeks old today and a Pullet was sitting in a nest box.
Surprising because she first squatted Saturday.

That's her closest to camera. No egg yet. GC

 

[ansmith1999]

We let ours begin free ranging around 8-10 weeks (supervised at first, of course). It helps that for the first few weeks they tend to stick to a much smaller area and don't stray too far from each other.

 

[attauba]

I let them Freerange after all Pullets have been laying in nests at least one month.
My Pullets are 17 weeks old today and a Pullet was sitting in a nest box.
Surprising because she first squatted Saturday. View attachment 2306357
That's her closest to camera. No egg yet. GC

When do you separate the mother and chicks?

 

[attauba]

What age do you start letting your chicks free range? Mine are 6 weeks and they seem so small to let free range yet.

When do you separate the the mother with the chicks after hatching?

 

[GC-Raptor]

When do you separate the mother and chicks?

Sorry, no mother hens here. I buy day old Chicks from TSC or an independent farm and hardware store and raise them in my enclosed porch.

GC