Thanks Theresa for the info on how you handled your babies. Its still a few months off -- we live at 8,000ft and still way to much snow and cold weather to have them yet (today felt like spring -- was 38 and the sun was shinning so bright).
Our town has the same rules about no roosters, I don't think there is a rule about how many chickens, just no roosters. We we know several people that do anyway --guess they can keep them until someone complains. We live out side the city limits out in the "country" so its not an issue for us -- but we're not ready for a roo yet.
Rita
(high up in the rocky's
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> Rita,
> Early summer of 2008, I had exchanged my young Americauna rooster for an Americauna chick and Buff Orph because we were not allowed roosters in my town. Because it was summer, I did not want to keep my little chicks in the house. When the chicks were a month old, I built a little nursery within the chicken courtyard (8'x12' area-no top). They were quite happy there and I did have to modify it initially cause the older girls were curious and would try to fly into the nursery. When I felt that they were big enough to fight back, I removed the nursery walls. It did not take long for them to be integrated. I just last week bought 2 more grown chickens and placed them directly in with my girls and it has only taken 2 days for them to get integrated. I hope you the best with your new babies.
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> Theresa in Colorado
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