Hello, new chick mom, first night in the coop šŸ˜§

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barngoldbuckeye said:
Thank you everyone for the warm greetings and the advice.

I do believe their brooder was getting too small for them and that is one reason why I felt it was time to move them to their coop. Last night seemed to go well for them. I am hopeful that the added space will stop the picking. I am headed to the feed store today to look for Blukote or pick nomore, whichever I can find. If the picking continues I will definitely separate the two breeds and see how it all goes from there.

Again, thank you!!

Liane
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Great! I figured out not enough space does cause issues. Good job.
 
Kiki said:
Welcome! Can you post pictures of the chick who has the picked feathers?
Clear pics of the area?

What size is your coop and what exactly do you feed the chicks?
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I can get pics once I get home from work today.
The run is 100 sq feet
The coop is 16 sq feet
The brooder they just moved out of was significantly smaller, I don't really know the size of that right off the top of my head.
 
barngoldbuckeye said:
It is crazy isn't it? I couldn't believe I was so worried about it, I barely got any sleep and had to stop myself from getting up and checking on them constantly.
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I agree, we had freezing temperatures at night still 2 weeks ago so i waited until they were close to 10 weeks until i let them out. I checked on them right away in the morning and they all just gave me the side eye, like, what do you want?! Lol
 

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