Nighttime feeding

[AmberOgrady]

Hey yall.

Silly question! My chicks are 5 weeks old now. Do they need to have food and water at night? (Of course they have had open access to both every night.) Just wondering.

 

[Chickstarrs]

Chickens sleep at night, so no need for feed and water. However, they are up at first light and ready stuff their little faces, at least mine are. So if you are a late sleeper, you might want to leave some in the coop overnight so it is there when they wake up. Especially the water.

 

[Bear1978]

I only have water in the coop at night for mine and that’s mainly due to the hot summer temps. They’re about 7 weeks old however. So a little older than your’s. I had food in the coop for the first week they transitioned but no longer but they seem to be fine. But like Chickstarr stated, mine back a beeline for the feeder when I let them out around 7am to stuff their little faces with breakfast !

 

[Duckduckgoosie]

I was just wondering about this. Mine are 3 weeks old, outside during the day, in at night until night temps are warmer.

There are 15 of them in a big crate and make such a huge mess in there. Wondering when they could go without water & feed overnight?