Texas

[Cockle-Dood]

 

[Kilsharion]

Hatching early! Guess the power out wasn't a big deal last week! Maybe kept them a little warmer than needed.

Wonderful news! Congrats on your new additions

 

[yinepu]

It's what I do - but, I also put mine in the coop at 4 weeks with heat lamps to moderate the temperature for them. They can come and go as they like (I teach them the ramp, since they don't know how to use it at first), and as they get more comfortable with it, they are up and down it like champs - playing and having fun outside when it's comfortable for them - then back up in the coop when they want to warm up. The last few days, they've stayed up in the coop (my younger ones are going to be five weeks old this weekend) except for about an hour or two in the afternoons. By six weeks, I remove the lamps all together. Of course, when we have our summers - tossing them into the coop without a heat lamp is pretty much not an issue since even our nights stay warmer than the coolest temp they need.

I may not be doing it "right"; but, so far they are all doing wonderfully....so I can't be doing it too wrong.

Then again, there are people here that are much more knowledgeable than I am on the subject. They'll set the record straight if I've made a hash of it.

Lol.. i have had broody hens and ducks hatch babies out in the middle of winter.. thought for sure those little chicks and ducklings would have frozen to death as they hopped around in the snow. As soon as they would get too chilly they would pop back under their mom to warm back up. The only time I did lose any ducklings like that was when a couple had gotten "lost" from their mother and got caught in a cold downpour.

Hatching early! Guess the power out wasn't a big deal last week! Maybe kept them a little warmer than needed.

 

[RachaelS]

Hi, new on here.... Just got 9 chicks 4 days ago. All doing great. We live outside of Austin

Hi! I am outside of Austin also

 

[Fentressfarmer]

Hey everybody hope y'all are having a great day it's sure pretty in the thriving montopolis of fentress Texas today! I wann bug everybody with another question again, fixin to start a new bigger coop. How big should it be for 40 hens? I was thinking 14x24,

 

[yinepu]

Hey everybody hope y'all are having a great day it's sure pretty in the thriving montopolis of fentress Texas today!

I wann bug everybody with another question again, fixin to start a new bigger coop. How big should it be for 40 hens? I was thinking 14x24,

Are you planning on a run or any free range time?

 

[Cockle-Dood]

Pretty quiet day on here....I wish i could go home and work outside!

stoopid work........

 

[showbarnmom]

It makes me happy that I work outside on nice days like today.

 

[CatKai]

Yep! quote name="Cockle-Dood" url="/t/44/texas/6930#post_10485301"]Pretty quiet day on here....I wish i could go home and work outside! stoopid work........
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[Vickir73]

Cockle - the stop sign is for the goat - the goat reads much better than the chickens.

look at my new broody next boxes!! Just put 13 eggs under a cochin Tuesday night. Hopefully she'll hatch at least half, although half of them were Maran eggs and I think they are little bit harder to hatch - so we'll see.

with the outside flap opened to allow air in




outside flap closed to keep cold air out and keep it nice and dark




Whatcha think?