I moved them outside at 2 weeks. Yay or nay?

[BDutch]

But good to know how to....
check them over real well for mites and/or lice:

I use little rolls of corrugated paper (from biscuits) and add them under the roosts with tie wraps (not tight). These rolls are great to check if you have any mites. If you have red mites they love to hide in there.
- check 2x a week in the summer period.

Besides
- add a special mix with herbs and garlic to the water and feed with high temps in spring and summer. (tm Finecto+)
- ‘paint’ the inside of the roost area and the roosts with wet diatomaceous earth (DE) for prevention. Repeat the roosts and joints every month.
- a little sand mixed with DE goes under the nesting material in the nestboxes
- a few spoons DE go in their favourite sand bath spot if I fill it up.

 

[GoldenGirlsChicks]

Apparently they like eating plants. When I let them out they will pick at grass and eat some but if I’m not paying attention they go straight for my nice colored flowers on my plants and peck away. Ugh

 

[BDutch]

Apparently they like eating plants. When I let them out they will pick at grass and eat some but if I’m not paying attention they go straight for my nice colored flowers on my plants and peck away. Ugh

This is one of the reasons people make a run for their chickens. Some buy electrified netting for a temporary setup.

I do hope you didnt use poisons in your garden or planted flowers from a shop. The plant and flower growers often use a lot of herbicides and pesticides.

If you don’t want your chickens to eat from the flowers you need to confine them.

 

[aart]

Apparently they like eating plants. When I let them out they will pick at grass and eat some but if I’m not paying attention they go straight for my nice colored flowers on my plants and peck away. Ugh

Yep, eventually they will dig up the whole garden be, plants and all.
Fence them in or fence them out.

 

[HowIsItDone]

I see two square gray dishes that appear to contain water. The pullet on the right is standing on the edge of one of the dishes.

Interesting! I didn't see the water dishes because I expected to see regular waterers. The plastic ones people put on bricks, or hang from the ceiling.

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[NatJ]

Interesting! I didn't see the water dishes because I expected to see regular waterers. The plastic ones people put on bricks, or hang from the ceiling.

If is funny how things can be mentally invisible (as in, my eyes see them, but my brain doesn't realize what they really are.)

I did spot the water dishes, but I missed that the little wooden picnic table is the feeder. The OP pointed that out. So I also had trouble with looking for what I expected to see, and missing something in plain sight that was not what I expected.

 

[HowIsItDone]

- ‘paint’ the inside of the roost area and the roosts with wet diatomaceous earth (DE) for prevention. Repeat the roosts and joints every month.

Paint? Like a white wash?

 

[HowIsItDone]

my eyes see them,

And then there's the whole "my eye sight sucks" part of the equation, lol. That doesn't help.

 

[NatJ]

And then there's the whole "my eye sight sucks" part of the equation, lol. That doesn't help.

Yes, that does make it even more difficult

 

[GoldenGirlsChicks]

Yay!!! Got my first 2 eggs today. They are about the size of a Cadbury egg. I assume they will get a little bigger in the future? Do I do anything different now or just keep up how I’ve been raising the chicks?