Fun in the sun - kind of

[EmptyNest]

It finally reach 70 degrees here today - yeahhhh

It was the first day outside for my 7 week old flock of many colors and I literally had to push them out the door - they were scared to death. Then tonight I had to pick everybody up and put them back in the Hen Inn. They decided it wasn't so bad after all.

 

[kodiakchicken]

What a beautiful flock! I'm getting six in a couple weeks and they'll be all different breeds and colors too.

I sure wish we would see 70 - I think our high today was 35 - brrrrrr!

 

[love-my-wolves]

I wish we had 70, too. Today it was about 84, with humidity around 60%. Felt like 95!!! Too hot for my chickies!!!

 

[mamaboyd]

Isn't it great when we have some nice warm weather after a long winter!! Your flock is very nice! Our temps were around 70 ish too today, and yesterday it was in the 80's, a little too hot with the humidity, but I'm not going to complain

 

[montana girl]

I notice that your little ones are in there right along with the bigger ones. Is there ever a problem with the bigger ones picking on them?

I take my babies out on warm days and put them in their pen that is alongside the big girls. One of my big girls literally goes nuts all day ...making a huge fuss at the chicks. The one that is doing this is Polly who is the head hen.

Just wondering if you had any problems.

Darlene

 

[EmptyNest]

Actually, they are all the same age and have been raised together. I've got silkies and quail d'anvers in with the larger breeds and they can hold their own. I have another group that is 2 weeks old that I plan to integrate when they are at 4 weeks if the weather is warm enough. This winter I plan to seperate by breeds so I can start the hatching process all over again next spring