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Growing Pullets

13 Week Old Pullets

Thirteen Weeks Old

 

I picked up one of the chicks last night, and did a double take.  She was a lot heavier than I expected – those sneaky little girls are growing up!    

We don’t know exactly how old they are (they were a surprise with the new coop), but think about thirteen weeks.  We got them at five weeks, and first kept them in an old Eglu while we painted the coop interior.  At eight weeks, we slowly transitioned from the medicated starter feed they were being fed to non-medicated grower feed, and didn’t observe any problems.     

At nine weeks, they moved [...]

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August 4th, 2010 | Leave a comment

Chicks In Coop

Chicks Are In The Coop

The chicken coop has residents!  First, temporary installation of the chicken cam:      

Mandoor & Camera In Coop

Next a feeder, waterer, and new bedding:     

Adding Bedding to the Coop

And finally, the chickens:     

Chicks In Coop

We’ve been handling them daily, so it was no problem catching them and carrying them to the new housing.  They were fine with that.     

But once we left the eight week olds in their new home, they seemed quite agitated about the space.  I think it was just too big for them after that tiny Eglu, and all six of them piled into one single nest [...]

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July 7th, 2010 | 6 comments - be the next!
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