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Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: chelseablue on November 10, 2007, 21:04

Title: new chickens
Post by: chelseablue on November 10, 2007, 21:04

hi

picked our new chickens today, 10 in total they are 16 weeks old, we have been advised to keep them in the coop for a couple of days so they get used to their surroundings, just wondering what everyone else does when they have newbies

 :D

Title: new chickens
Post by: muntjac on November 10, 2007, 21:07

exactly that ,just let them out after acouple days ,making sure they have food n water ,both in the morning and check again in the late afternnon before dark,,,, and then enjoy ,read all the chicken info pages on here and ask loads of questions  :wink:

Title: new chickens
Post by: babe on November 10, 2007, 21:11

i put newbies in a separate coop and run within the chook garden, so the can see each other for a few days.

i did that with the two new ones i got this week.

then tonight when i put everyone to bed, i put the newbies on roost in the main coop in the dark. hopefully they will all be friends in the morning.

Title: new chickens
Post by: chelseablue on November 12, 2007, 09:04

hi

well as you know we picked up our new chickens at the weekend, they have settled in so well that we had our first egg this morning :D  :D, bit of suprise