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carlene lamolin said:
At what age can you move chicks in with adults my chicks are popping out of the brooder box .Need some ideas please .
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I wait until they are about 3 months old. They need to be about 2/3 the size of the adult chickens. It also depends on how much space they have to be able to run away from older hens. There is always an initiation so to speak. Pecking order, you know. If you do like Carcar and have a safehaven for them within the encloser, you may be able to add them sooner.
 
^^ what she said ^^ I have great luck adding them in with my Brahmas much earlier (like 6-8 weeks of age for LF) because the pen is large and the Brahmas are extremely mild mannered, plus having my younger flock of AM in there as well helps spread the love, so to speak.

I have other birds I would NEVER put little ones in with but this works for me.
 
carcar80 said:
^^ what she said ^^ I have great luck adding them in with my Brahmas much earlier (like 6-8 weeks of age for LF) because the pen is large and the Brahmas are extremely mild mannered, plus having my younger flock of AM in there as well helps spread the love, so to speak.

I have other birds I would NEVER put little ones in with but this works for me.
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wow They are only four weeks old its way to soon to mix them I better look for another way to hold the little buggers .Thank You
 
CliffB said:
I'm with you. My rooster, duck, adults, juveniles, laying hens and chicks all eat Purina Flock Raiser with oyster shell on the side. It's so much easier buying one bag of food instead of 3.
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Until my TSC has a fluke and doesn't have an emergency bag of hog feed one week then when I'm TOTALLY out of chicken feed they have no Flockraiser until 3 more days!
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First time that's happened here but it sure was frustrating to decide on all the bags needed!
 
I took the Dora band-aid off Chicklets leg today it is all healed up so back to the others she went ,while I was working on her and her vent was right there I decided to see if I could find the pimple that is to be there if is a boy NO PIMPLE I think its a she yeeehaw .If it turns out to be a he I am not getting rid of him any how we all have bonded with the little bugger . I moved half the chicks to another brooder box things were getting ruff in one so it was perfect timing to put Chicklet back with the others everyone is happy .
 
rossfam06 said:
we just found our dog a new home
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I am not sure how my bulldog Lucy is going to do with the chickens yet ,she walked up on one put her paw over the bird and held it to the ground she didn't bite it just held it there we yelled at her and they both ran off I love that dog so I sure hope everyone will get along but she won't be trusted alone with the chickens that is for sure . It is hard to part with pets I hope you do ok with it .
 
carlene lamolin said:
I took the Dora band-aid off Chicklets leg today it is all healed up so back to the others she went ,while I was working on her and her vent was right there I decided to see if I could find the pimple that is to be there if is a boy NO PIMPLE I think its a she yeeehaw .If it turns out to be a he I am not getting rid of him any how we all have bonded with the little bugger . I moved half the chicks to another brooder box things were getting ruff in one so it was perfect timing to put Chicklet back with the others everyone is happy .
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glad sound like thing doing great sooo glad.
 

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