I'm still waiting for chicks to arrive at my feed store -16 more days!!!! But I have been trying to decide what to use for grow out housing for them when they are ready to graduate from the brooder in the garage to the outside, but they are still not big enough to move in w/ the big girls. I have not broken the news to dh that we will need to deal w/ this-waiting till the chicks are here and there is no turning back before bringing up that subject! Right now I am thinking of an A-frame ark/tractor type thing. I've been pondering pallet construction as well and have been searching the forum (taking up way too much of my days-LOL) for ideas. I'll need something fairly inexpensive-and quick to build-building the big girl coop last year took a lot more time and $$ than I had thought and I'm sure dh doesn't want to be going through that again so soon. Plus we still have a ton of snow on the ground so building something in place won't be happening for ages (or so it seems)
Also, when intro-ing the big girls to the new girls-how close do the pens need to be for them to start getting used to each other-shared fencing or is being a few feet away OK?
Thanks!!
Also, when intro-ing the big girls to the new girls-how close do the pens need to be for them to start getting used to each other-shared fencing or is being a few feet away OK?
Thanks!!