Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Re: [CHICKENS-101] chick question

 

Yes you can move them.  But don't put them in with the rest of the flock, they'll kill the babies.  Got a spare cage of some kind for a start?  Or a doghouse?  Put a cage in front of it, or some wire around an area in front of the door to form a little pen..  Small gauge.  And block the door at night.
 
You won't be able to combine them until they are close to the size of the adults.
 
Diane S.
 
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Subject: [CHICKENS-101] chick question

 

One of my hens disappeared, found some time later in the upper hayloft setting three eggs.  She hatched them successfully last Thursday (balancing the slaughter of 8 chickens, including the rooster, while I was in making supper that day!  Still no idea by what--heads pulled off, so maybe weasel or fisher.)
 
I gave the the little family water and  variety of food up in the loft, and since we had to be away over the week-end, I also laid hay bales so that the chicks couldn't fall over the edge.  They are still doing fine.  But--they can't stay up there for long, between the problem of keeping them properly supplied, and this year's hay going in.  At what point should I try to carry the chicks down and have the family rejoin the (now-small) flock?  Should I do it in the evening and put them in the coop with the rest after they've gone to sleep?  Suggestions?
 
Rhonda

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