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Poor baby Chickens,, 2nd day trapped inside the coop because of the rain.. i think they are to young to go out in the rain.They are 5 wks now. I realize now i need to make my run bigger and cover it so they can go outside and have a dry place... guess i will keep learning as i go along.. to bad these girls have to be my ginny pigs...
 
Poor baby Chickens,, 2nd day trapped inside the coop because of the rain.. i think they are to young to go out in the rain.They are 5 wks now. I realize now i need to make my run bigger and cover it so they can go outside and have a dry place... guess i will keep learning as i go along.. to bad these girls have to be my ginny pigs...

I got my CX's on July 8th, they were hatched the day before.

They live outside in a brooder/tractor system. ( sorta like yours but way more primitive and cheap) Yesterday, I brave the rain and risked pneumonia to put a tarp over one wing of the tractor system. This morning I went out to let them out. 6 birds were under the tarp, the rest were out in the rain enjoying themselves.

I think mine are 6 weeks old today. They are tougher than you think.


I have some real babies outside free ranging now too, I thought they would be in the brooder today ( I let them out around 8 am) they were all gone somewhere I did not see them. These are not quite 3 week old creamettes, guineas and some crosses of some kind. I am not implying you should let yours free range, I am trying to reassure you they are tougher than we humans think.

If they can get back under cover in your run, they would be fine, IMHO.
 
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Silage and haylage rely on lacto-fermentation
Which is bacteria not yeast. I'm not sure if they create co2 or not but I don't see wrapped hay baloons out in the fields so it must not make much if it does


I know it gives off some gases. I have no idea what. My Dad use to warn us as kids to stay away from the freshly filled silo. Every year or two we would hear about a farmer that went into the silo too soon and died. I am guessing that means whatever gas it is heavier than air to get trapped in the silo itself.
 

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