Howdy every one. I just wanted to say that I've been lurking on this forum for quite some time and have found it very useful. I'm in the process of raising 27 baby chickens and I have them in my barn with my other 6 adult birds. The babies are 6 weeks old now and are starting to get wild. They are closed in (as you can see in my pictures) but some of the bigger guys like to fly up and escape. The older birds seem to get along with them okay and don't scare them too much. I guess my question is, when is it okay to just let them be "together" ? I still have not let them range in my yard yet and I'm debating doing that maybe this weekend if the weather is okay. What do you all think? Thank you!
Max
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This is my setup, you can see the big guy in there... He likes to hop around and bother them, but for the most part they all get along. I'd like to know when I should just remove this chicken wire, so that they can go around in the rest of the coop. There is more then enough room for all of my 33 birds. I plan on adding some new nesting boxes soon.
An old ladder seems to work well for hanging stuff and for roosting. The brave little guys seemed to like playing around on it, before going back to their area.
That fence is a little over 36 inches high. The adult birds can jump right up to it but the little guys can't yet.
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P.S.,
Is there anything that you would reccomend to my setup, or anything that you think I should change. At night I lock them all up and it's pretty hard for any animal, besides rats or mice to get in there... Thank for taking the time out to read my post!
Max
Max
---Pictures---
This is my setup, you can see the big guy in there... He likes to hop around and bother them, but for the most part they all get along. I'd like to know when I should just remove this chicken wire, so that they can go around in the rest of the coop. There is more then enough room for all of my 33 birds. I plan on adding some new nesting boxes soon.
An old ladder seems to work well for hanging stuff and for roosting. The brave little guys seemed to like playing around on it, before going back to their area.
That fence is a little over 36 inches high. The adult birds can jump right up to it but the little guys can't yet.
---end of pictures---
P.S.,
Is there anything that you would reccomend to my setup, or anything that you think I should change. At night I lock them all up and it's pretty hard for any animal, besides rats or mice to get in there... Thank for taking the time out to read my post!
Max
