Our first try at chickens. We had them in an old dog kennel as a brooder. We only used the bottom half and it's a large plastic crate. They are either 5 or 6 weeks on Tuesday. We had them in our spare bedroom with hardwood floors so it wasn't to bad keeping it cleaned up. Our Garage is detached and not temp controlled.
We got 6 chicks from a local hatchery. blue laced red wyandotte. Of the 6, I believe we have two roosters and the hatchery said they would take them back. Of course I contacted them and haven't heard anything back.... I am considering keeping a rooster, haven't decided yet. Any opinions on that subject would be appreciated.
Anyway, this morning I'm sitting at my desk and hear something that I've not heard before, I get up to investigate and one of the roosters is walking around the room. I knelt down and picked him up then the other rooster jumped up on the side of the crate. Ok, it's time....
The coop is only 4x4x4 and originally I wanted 4 chicks but when they couldn't sex them, I decided to do 6 and we ended up with 4 hens. I build the coop so it would be expandable. So it would be pretty easy to enlarge it.
This after noon I moved the food and water out to the coop and started moving the chickens. This will be their first night outside. I will keep them in the coop for a couple of days before introducing them to the run. I know they have eaten, I can't tell if they are drinking yet though. They have not quite feathered out yet but I think they will be fine with the low times this week in the 60's. The house is probably 65 and I haven't run their heat plate in over a week.
We got 6 chicks from a local hatchery. blue laced red wyandotte. Of the 6, I believe we have two roosters and the hatchery said they would take them back. Of course I contacted them and haven't heard anything back.... I am considering keeping a rooster, haven't decided yet. Any opinions on that subject would be appreciated.
Anyway, this morning I'm sitting at my desk and hear something that I've not heard before, I get up to investigate and one of the roosters is walking around the room. I knelt down and picked him up then the other rooster jumped up on the side of the crate. Ok, it's time....
The coop is only 4x4x4 and originally I wanted 4 chicks but when they couldn't sex them, I decided to do 6 and we ended up with 4 hens. I build the coop so it would be expandable. So it would be pretty easy to enlarge it.
This after noon I moved the food and water out to the coop and started moving the chickens. This will be their first night outside. I will keep them in the coop for a couple of days before introducing them to the run. I know they have eaten, I can't tell if they are drinking yet though. They have not quite feathered out yet but I think they will be fine with the low times this week in the 60's. The house is probably 65 and I haven't run their heat plate in over a week.
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