arent87
Chirping
Hello All. I received my first-ever batch of 12 keets from the Cackle Hatchery on the 19th of May, so they're basically barely 3 weeks old. We have just moved them from the brooder (4'x2'x2' steel tub) into a larger dog kennel (6'x6'x10') in the garage - same method we used for graduating our chickens to bigger and better things... anyway, I do have a coop for them outside, separate from the chickens because we don't let the chickens free-range.
My question is, when, or at what age, I should say, should I move them into their "permanent" home in the new coop, out in the yard? I know they are clearly not ready yet, but there are a few things that need to get done before they are ready, so I'm just wanting to make sure I have my... ehh... ducks lined up, so to speak.
My question is, when, or at what age, I should say, should I move them into their "permanent" home in the new coop, out in the yard? I know they are clearly not ready yet, but there are a few things that need to get done before they are ready, so I'm just wanting to make sure I have my... ehh... ducks lined up, so to speak.
and last night, when I went in to check on them, one was MIA! I found it sleeping on the floor in front of the fridge. I put it back into the box and put bird netting over the top ... BUT! I did not open the netting completely, just until it was one long folded strip and zig zagged it across the top. There was a small space, just below the heat lamp, that was not covered. Wouldn't you know, when I checked on them this morning, that lil nugget was out again!!! 
And it had been exploring because there were "presents" all over the counter and even down on the first step next in front of the door! That's what I get for brooding keets in the RV!! lol. <sigh> Anywahy, it was trying to ESCAPE!!! I guess they're going to have to go in their run since they are so eager to fly!! But they seem so little to be outside already! 
