Chicks in the Coop

The new chicks have been installed in the old chicken coop. Sadly, one of the chicks didn’t make it through the night. Now their are eight.

I’ve put a heat lamp in the coop so that they have a heat source. We need to replace the heat lamp in the brooder lamp since the old one has broken.

The temporary roost was replaced today, an old log isn’t really good enough for the chicks, so I made a roost from a pair of broomstick offcuts and some fence rail offcuts.

They are still very small and I think that they will be staying in the coop for at least the next two months while they get bigger.

I’ve spread some straw over the floor so that the chicks have some insulation from the cold concrete floor.

The chicks are still too small to roost, so they will be staying on the floor for most of the time. Hopefully, there is enough warmth and that the weather improves over the next couple of months.