I need advice before i bring them home PLEASE HELP!

[4-H chicken mom]

and

from Ohio. So glad you joined.

 

[weimarmama]

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from Alabama. Good luck

 

[Desert Rooster]

Hello

from Hesperia,CA and

 

[TigerLilly]

Not sure what the question is, but the answer should always be "Say YES--to more chickens!"

 

[texasgal]

A big Texas-size

Read read read read read .. ask specific questions ... HAVE FUN!

 

[Codyandme1]

Sorry for not responding sooner. Well, I haven't found any girls yet that I have set my mind on but I would like to get a mixture of breeds about 6 girls,I was just wondering if there is anything I should do or have once I have brung them home( I have never had chickens before and the girls I get will be my first)I have heard some peeps say that you must lock them in there coop with food and water for two days, doesnt sound very nice but is it necessary?when is the best time to try and interact with them and maybe is there a certain tome after they come home to start feeding them new foods?!

 

[Judy]

If there is a run maybe you could lock them in the coop and run area for a few days to avoid locking them in the coop. If not, and you don't lock them in the coop for a couple of days or more, they may wander off. They do need to learn where their new home is. i would also hold off on new foods until they seem accustomed to their new home. If it is hot where you are, be sure they have plenty of shade and breeze, as this is the time of year you will read on here about chickens dying from getting overheated.

Lots and lots of information on this forum.

 

[Animalian]

I was told a week. Which I did. Mine free range and in 2 1/2 years they have returned to their coop every night at sundown. Except one night when I'd been a bit slack with cleaning their roost area and they decided that up a tree, next to the coop, would be a better roost that night lol that was such a stressfull evening... searched the whole street knocking on doors sobbing..... naughty dark coloured birds....

But they got their point across! Never again will I get slack!

 

[Cadjien_De_Louisiane]

Welcom from Louisiana

I waited about a month before letting mine free range and they where fine, I dont really think it even take that long

 

[Codyandme1]

That's great info you guys thanks alot, mine has got a run attached to the coop so what I think I'll do is put them in the coop for one day and then let them out into the run after that. Then once they are acustomed to that I might start thinking of letting them free range more and more gradually.