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HappilyHartley
Chirping
I looked for other chicks. The only ones I could find they couldn't ship until the 29th. There were chicks here in town that were 15 weeks. Mine were 5. So I am not going to try to get her more chicks at this point. Although I really wish I could.I wonder if your hen will take other chicks ? Might be worth a try.
Also I never let my chookies run free now, I lost a couple to a fox one evening and that was the end of freedom for them. I bought some electric netting that can be moved to different locations and that is where they now roam.
Keeps them in and predator out! Just a warning though the holes r big enough that chicks can get through so they need to be kept an eye on still... They get everywhere those babies .
We live in town and all our neighbors have birds of some kind. There are turkeys, chickens, ducks and chuckers? I think... we all have very dogs that keep most predators out. But they they can't seem to keep the worst predator, the deer out and they destroy our gardens. Lol
We have a coop and a pretty big fenced in area for the chickens but haven't shut the gate yet. I wanted them to enjoy free ranging as much as possible before the snow flies. I will be putting chicken wire around the base of the fencing to keep future babies in. The babies do go everywhere. These two were all over. They started leaving the coop at 3-4 days old and they couldn't get back up into the coop until they were 3 weeks old. Mama was losing her mind. I was out there a ton during the day putting them back in. It was really cold and raining during that time. The other hens would take turns warming them if I didn't get out there quick enough. They were mamas babies but the others loved them too. It was so neat to watch.