What age can chicks go out!

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Missie

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What age can chicks go out!
« on: May 21, 2010, 22:52 »
Hi,sorry to seem silly but my chicks which have started to hatch today,what age are they ok to go out into the big wild world!? Or do I just let Mum do all the work?:)

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Re: What age can chicks go out!
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2010, 23:23 »
I think Mum will sort them out Missie!!  I believe Joyfull's broody had hers out for a time when they were about 3 weeks old, but when it gets cold, she soon took them back inside!!   :D

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Re: What age can chicks go out!
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2010, 08:06 »
they were younger than that Grannie - about 2 weeks old, but I had to make sure any crows and rooks leaving their nests nearby had passed over so it was usually about 10am (this gave them chance to fill up on chick crumb) and then had them back in their coup by 4pm. I would only do this with chicks that had a broody mum and not incubator chicks.
Staffies are softer than you think.

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Re: What age can chicks go out!
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2010, 22:21 »
what would you do with incubator chicks? i've got 9 that hatched last wed. they grow so quick. they seem to be bigger every morning.
1 dog -Chloe 1 cat - Oscar 2 hamsters - Flo and Tinkerbell 3 ferrets - Charlie, chip and rupert 3 light sussex - Madge, Henrietta and lucy-lou 2 black rocks - Peggy and Betty 1 puppy on the way i'm not mad i'm in love. :)

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Re: What age can chicks go out!
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2010, 20:47 »
If their incy chicks i put them out between 5 and 7 weeks depending on the weather and if they are fully feathered :)i put them on the patio first in a covered run then slowly introduce them to grass then when they are about 15 weeks they go down to my plot on the allotment and get to play with the big girls ::)


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