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Hi!

I’m new here and have 3 4.5 week
Old chicks. I’m here to learn as much as I can!

I’m loving this experience and looking forward to growth my my little homestead.

I live in Indiana and found this group by searching for answers.

I have my chicks in their outside coop this week. They’ve been there for a few days because they are fully feathered and it’s been about 75 degrees during the day and the lows in mud 60’s at night.

It will rain this week and get to mid fifties on the evening a few nights. This is making me nervous. So thoughts or suggestions here would be great!

I’ve put together a petmate coop from tractor supply and attached wire all around the bottom to keep predators out. We do have coyotes and fox here.

I have two red hens and possibly the third is a rooster. I was told she wasn’t, but she/he is very dominant. We’ll see!

Anyway, thanks for this community! Would love your thoughts on my questions above.
 

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SKW said:
Hi!

I’m new here and have 3 4.5 week
Old chicks. I’m here to learn as much as I can!

I’m loving this experience and looking forward to growth my my little homestead.

I live in Indiana and found this group by searching for answers.

I have my chicks in their outside coop this week. They’ve been there for a few days because they are fully feathered and it’s been about 75 degrees during the day and the lows in mud 60’s at night.

It will rain this week and get to mid fifties on the evening a few nights. This is making me nervous. So thoughts or suggestions here would be great!

I’ve put together a petmate coop from tractor supply and attached wire all around the bottom to keep predators out. We do have coyotes and fox here.

I have two red hens and possibly the third is a rooster. I was told she wasn’t, but she/he is very dominant. We’ll see!

Anyway, thanks for this community! Would love your thoughts on my questions above.
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Welcome to BYC! Congrats to the chicks. Glad you’re here and good luck on everything!☺️
 
SKW said:
Hi!

I’m new here and have 3 4.5 week
Old chicks. I’m here to learn as much as I can!

I’m loving this experience and looking forward to growth my my little homestead.

I live in Indiana and found this group by searching for answers.

I have my chicks in their outside coop this week. They’ve been there for a few days because they are fully feathered and it’s been about 75 degrees during the day and the lows in mud 60’s at night.

It will rain this week and get to mid fifties on the evening a few nights. This is making me nervous. So thoughts or suggestions here would be great!

I’ve put together a petmate coop from tractor supply and attached wire all around the bottom to keep predators out. We do have coyotes and fox here.

I have two red hens and possibly the third is a rooster. I was told she wasn’t, but she/he is very dominant. We’ll see!

Anyway, thanks for this community! Would love your thoughts on my questions above.
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Welcome to BYC! :welcome
If you have any more of the wire, I’d wrap some around the base of the coop (that is, if you have foxes or raccoons in the area). If the window is empty like it looks like in the pic, it needs to be covered too. 👍
 
Blue Raptor said:
Welcome to BYC! :welcome
If you have any more of the wire, I’d wrap some around the base of the coop (that is, if you have foxes or raccoons in the area). If the window is empty like it looks like in the pic, it needs to be covered too. 👍
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Yes! Thank you! This pic is before I stapled the wire at the base about 24 inches all around so they couldn’t dig under. That window is plexiglass. I should cover that with wire too? Sorry if that’s a dumb question. 🐥 oh I see what you’re saying wrap more wire around the base. Ok, thank you!
 
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
SKW said:
It will rain this week and get to mid fifties on the evening a few nights. This is making me nervous. So thoughts or suggestions here would be great!
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Give them a huddle box to sleep in to stay warm. It's just a box laid on it's side with a thick layer on dry bedding in it that is big enough for all the chicks to fit in and be cozy. Position the entrance away from any drafts but leave windows open for ventilation as long as rain can't get in.
You are going to want to modify that prefab coop to make it function better. You can post pictures of it and start a new thread in the Coop and Run Forum.
 

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