Picked up some chicks

Happy Gilmore · Apr 22, 2014

Any coop pics you guys wood like to share? I saw one today, which was basically a walk in shed style with nesting boxes and roosts on the inside.

DaveOmak · Apr 23, 2014

Here's a chicken site with coops.....

Coop Designs

seymojo536 · Apr 23, 2014

DaveOmak said:
Here's a chicken site with coops.....

Coop Designs

Oh God! Don't send them to backyard chickens. They'll be sucked in and we'll never see them again.

Happy Gilmore · Apr 23, 2014

One of the chicks we named "Fiesty" flapped her wings and hopped up onto my hand today. She then made herself comfortable and didn't want to be put down. Too funny.

Looking4new · Apr 24, 2014

It might be a good idea to clip their flight feathers.

Happy Gilmore,
I looked at many coop designs and then free lanced mine. I never did put pen to paper for the design, just ran it through my head.

Happy Gilmore · Apr 25, 2014

Out of all the chicks, Fiesty is the only one who continuously hops up onto to my hand to use it as a perch. She hates getting down, it's kinda cool. At what age would you clip flight feathers? Is it something you need to do? If they are going to be free range during the daytime prior to going into the coop at night should it still be done?

Happy Gilmore · Apr 25, 2014

I definately need to do some more coop research.

Looking4new · Apr 26, 2014

Happy Gilmore said:
Out of all the chicks, Fiesty is the only one who continuously hops up onto to my hand to use it as a perch. She hates getting down, it's kinda cool. At what age would you clip flight feathers? Is it something you need to do? If they are going to be free range during the daytime prior to going into the coop at night should it still be done?

Chickens can fly, not very good or for long, but they can fly. I would do it at 4 months.
back yard chickens.com is where I got a fair amount of my info.
Coops, Runs, & Housing - BackYard Chickens Community

Happy Gilmore · Apr 27, 2014

I put a 3/4" wooden dowel through the crate (temporary coop) today. I was thinking maybe since Feisty likes roosting on my hand, maybe she'll roost up there, it's about 12" off the bottom tray. We'll see I guess.