- Feb 26, 2009
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We have 7 chicks, about 5 weeks old, we guess ~ and 2 hens, about 4-5 months old.
We live in Houston, and except for tonight, the weather isn't too cold for them. The chicks are living in a small-but-adequate cage in our garage right now. It was outside until last night's cold snap.
The chicken coop is fully enclosed and the chicks can't get out of it. It's big enough (we think) for 4-6 adult chickens.
http://philhyde.smugmug.com/gallery/6630139_t9J2s#492105147_GpQLs
The chicks spend most days inside of the coop - and the hens free-range in the yard. We would like to integrate them so that the chicks can get more freedom. I'm not sure when I'll trust them to free-range, so mostly, we just wonder when can they all live together? The chicks are eating baby-chick-food and the hens are eating something for laying + oyster shells. I suppose that could be a problem, too ...
We had a 3rd chicken til he grew up into a rooster and had to go live at a farm ... he's happy there now ...
--janis
We live in Houston, and except for tonight, the weather isn't too cold for them. The chicks are living in a small-but-adequate cage in our garage right now. It was outside until last night's cold snap.
The chicken coop is fully enclosed and the chicks can't get out of it. It's big enough (we think) for 4-6 adult chickens.
http://philhyde.smugmug.com/gallery/6630139_t9J2s#492105147_GpQLs
The chicks spend most days inside of the coop - and the hens free-range in the yard. We would like to integrate them so that the chicks can get more freedom. I'm not sure when I'll trust them to free-range, so mostly, we just wonder when can they all live together? The chicks are eating baby-chick-food and the hens are eating something for laying + oyster shells. I suppose that could be a problem, too ...
We had a 3rd chicken til he grew up into a rooster and had to go live at a farm ... he's happy there now ...
--janis