- Feb 28, 2013
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We have 35 birds, including 6 young birds currently in a meet n greet coop face to face with our 29 girls. We just bought an incredible 90 acre farm 6 miles away. But now we have to move everyone, coops included, to the new property. HOW?!
ALSO, the previous owners left their 15 chickens, including two roosters, and coop (which is perched precariously on a hill and is open with NO protection at all), at the property.
NOW WHAT??!!
We plan on being very purposeful in choosing a better location for both flocks and slowly integrating them. But the first challenge is getting our girls to the new location and securing them without the shock killing some of my geriatrics. I am thinking of hand carrying some of them over since they are so aged (they are pets really as some lay so infrequently and we just keep them around because we love them) and we're afraid they'll freak out in a crate.
Any suggestions?
ALSO, the previous owners left their 15 chickens, including two roosters, and coop (which is perched precariously on a hill and is open with NO protection at all), at the property.
NOW WHAT??!!
We plan on being very purposeful in choosing a better location for both flocks and slowly integrating them. But the first challenge is getting our girls to the new location and securing them without the shock killing some of my geriatrics. I am thinking of hand carrying some of them over since they are so aged (they are pets really as some lay so infrequently and we just keep them around because we love them) and we're afraid they'll freak out in a crate.
Any suggestions?