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[gavinandallison]

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Are they fully feathered? do you have heating in their coop for them? I have Silkies born in Jan now outside and I will be putting the heat lamp on for them tonight...

 

[sueche]

I do have 2 silkies that i am worried about...the rest are feathered.....maybe I will just go get them.

 

[NewHomesteader2010]

Thank you everyone for the suggestions & advice!! I think we have decided to go with...hardware cloth!! I would rather spend the extra money and know that they are as safe as possible than run the risk. Now...is it okay to have chicken wire behind the hardware cloth, since the run is going to be 7' tall sloping to 6' tall? I know the hardware cloth is 4' tall, and if we bury 2' that would give us 2' (ish...depending on cuts, I think) of "skirting". DH was planning on doing the walls as chicken wire with the hardware cloth in front & buried (can you follow that? Does it make sense? I'd use sewing terms like the chicken wire would be the skirt and the hardware cloth the flounce, but I'm not sure if any of you would follow that any more than what I originally said. LOL) Is that acceptable or would you recommend doing the entire "walls" in hardware cloth. I've been told that deer netting or chicken wire for the top (since they will not be out at night) is acceptable, do you agree??

thank you all so much for helping. I sure hope to meet some of you soon so I can say THANK YOU in person!!

BHep - Congrats on the hatch!!

I await pictures to feed my addiction!! I keep thinking of how many chickens I could possibly have in my 11x11 coop!!

I might be following in your footsteps if one of the hens turns out broody (and there's a roo in the mix)

Hey?? What happened to spring?? 30 degree weather?? Glad I didn't plant my peppers yet. BOO!! I hope you all stay warm and toasty tonight!!

 

[greeneacre]

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Don't know any Easons, I live on White Oak Rd and there are only 3 close neighbors (Jordans) and most of them have changed over. After a very bad experience with some of the neighbors, we just have a hi and wave relationship.

 

[BHep]

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Are they fully feathered? do you have heating in their coop for them? I have Silkies born in Jan now outside and I will be putting the heat lamp on for them tonight...

I also have Jan. babies outside with a heat lamp tonight. Silkies & Sizzles. I have 1 tiny (maybe a mirco ?) Serama that I brought in for the night. She is so tiny with stumpy legs and doesn't roost. I went to check up and she was hudled on the floor alone, tucked her in my coat and she is happily eat scambled eggs right now.

 

[vfem]

Oh no... last night I heard peeping and chick screams coming from the coop's run last night. We just got back from my daughter's tee ball practice and it was about 8:30.... and a bit on the VERY cold side.

Hubby told me to get the daughter down to bed, and he'd go take care of it.

I come back down after DD goes to bed and he's cuddling with 5 2 week old chicks in his arms on the couch trying to stop them from shivering. They looked TERRIBLE! Mama left them in the run and went back until in the coop without them. He tried to put them under her in the coop, but she kicked them out right in front of him. I have no idea why?!

Anyways, its for the best... I have them under a heat lamp and a little water, and some crumbles... after about 2 hours everyone was awake, got there feet under them and we completely fine.

No to decide if they go back to the coop or not at this point?!

 

[suburbanchickymama]

Oh no! Poor little chickies!!! Glad you guys got home in time! How old are they? Good luck!

Bhep - still waiting on those pics!!

 

[BHep]

OOO vfem.... poor little babies....so glad the chicks are ok. Bad mommy hen !

Well 2 of my EE laid their first eggs today

BUT>>>> the dimwits laid them, sitting on their roosts, so 2 perfectly good, pretty blue eggs, smashed on the ground.

I have seen them checking out the nestboxes, so they better get it straight!

I hear that warmer weather is on the way

 

[BHep]

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I am uploading now.....

slow as....................

 

[BHep]

OK..... Finally !

4/4 hatchlings... got 10/12.

Not all are in the pic, some where still in the incubator.

These are the the brown ones ??? hens are Silkies, black with gold speckled through their necks & chest. Rooster, I believe is the Gold Laced Polish. He loves these girls, and ignores his GL hens. *sigh* I will have to build the Polish a tractor, to get pure Polish.