hello from south London

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shell3

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May 14, 2012
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Hello i'm Shell, I've recently aquired 3 chickens, my sons school hatched them from eggs and we brought 3 of them home at 5 days old, they are now 10 weeks old.
We have had them inside in a large parrot cage while we have been building an outdoor run for them which is now finished. i bought a coop online with a built in run which said suitable for up to seven chickens but when it arrived the coop is great but the run seemed tiny to me so weve built a big one. i put them out yesterday for the first time and they loved it out there but i bought them in at night in case it was too cold. they are outside again today and it is not as warm as yesterday its about 11*C and raining! the coop is covered with plastic sheeting of course! as weve had three weeks of non stop rain! and i've put the heat lamp in there but cant actually turn it on til we have finished running armoured cable to the end of the garden! so should i wait til the lamp is on before leaving them out all night? also i have been feeding them chick crumbs but should i be giving them anything else? veg or anything?
As you can tell i've never kept chickens before and all advice is welcomed.
Thanks Shell x
 
Hi thanks, I,m actually in Hertfordshire which is north north London but I'm on the I pad and I tried to type just London but it added its own word! Lol ! Just realised its now put north twice but it's too small print to delete one! Think I'll go back to the laptop! Thanks for the welcome x
 
shell3 said:
Hi thanks, I,m actually in Hertfordshire which is north north London but I'm on the I pad and I tried to type just London but it added its own word! Lol ! Just realised its now put north twice but it's too small print to delete one! Think I'll go back to the laptop! Thanks for the welcome x
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ahh cool herts got mates not far from there in Luton [Beds]

and i was up in herts last week

had to cover a shift for a mate over in the Galeria Centre of Hatfield
 
Hello and welcome from Ohio...so glad you joined us. I leave a heat lamp on at night for my 5 week olds. It's been getting down to 50 F here at night. Best of luck to you raising your chicks
 
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Wow thanks for all the welcomes, I was hoping you would be a friendly bunch :)
Thanks for the advice on the headlamp situation too the coop is nice and dry and I plan on locking them in there at night but I'm just scared that it will be too cold at night here. I've put woodchip and shredded paper in the coop bit and lots of it but there's only three of them to cuddle up will they be ok out at night without the lamp? They have been in the house at night so far and this is only the second day they are out in daytime it's 11 degrees C at the moment. Should I bring them in for a few nights to get them used to first being out during the day? Or is it worse to get them cold then warm then cold again?
 

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