Emily_loveschickens
Songster
Hello,
I recently purchased 2 Salmon favorelles chicks (now about a month old) and i am wondering what the integration process will look like for my setup. I will post some pictures of my coop and run. we have 4 hens at the moment that our outside. some questions y'all might have>
Age: 4 weeks old
Breed: Salmon favorelles
temperature: 80-95 degrees during the day.
85-64 during night.
Set up? see pictures below.
Here is my coop. it is not in its place yet and does not have adequate ventilation. that is something we are fixing.
24 square feet (not including nests) these pictures are also old. I have put in better roosts since then.
Then for our run, we have a 10x4 structure. I will be adding more space for the new additions.
For the actual integration i can also free range. we have a really bad hawk and owl problem that is why I keep them covered.
^This is our existing run.^ v This is the wire run I will be adding on to the end of there existing run.v
I will probably add hardware cloth to the sides.
here is my idea.
I am thinking I can put the chicks in the wire run that will be attached to the big girls run that way they can get used to each other with the doors still closed. then ill open the doors( I dont know what to do from there.) I would still bring them in at night at this point. let me know your ideas thanks!
I recently purchased 2 Salmon favorelles chicks (now about a month old) and i am wondering what the integration process will look like for my setup. I will post some pictures of my coop and run. we have 4 hens at the moment that our outside. some questions y'all might have>
Age: 4 weeks old
Breed: Salmon favorelles
temperature: 80-95 degrees during the day.
85-64 during night.
Set up? see pictures below.
Here is my coop. it is not in its place yet and does not have adequate ventilation. that is something we are fixing.
24 square feet (not including nests) these pictures are also old. I have put in better roosts since then.
Then for our run, we have a 10x4 structure. I will be adding more space for the new additions.
For the actual integration i can also free range. we have a really bad hawk and owl problem that is why I keep them covered.
^This is our existing run.^ v This is the wire run I will be adding on to the end of there existing run.v
I will probably add hardware cloth to the sides.
here is my idea.
I am thinking I can put the chicks in the wire run that will be attached to the big girls run that way they can get used to each other with the doors still closed. then ill open the doors( I dont know what to do from there.) I would still bring them in at night at this point. let me know your ideas thanks!