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Yes. It won't hurt them plus it exposes them to any coccidiosis in the local soil while I have them on medicated food. Edited to say, it's a bunch of lawn, cut short, with dirt attached underneath.

Thank you. Does the water stay in, or do you drain it?

I'm planning to dig some soil with grass/clover/weeds, cut the plants short, and let them find their grit there. Could that work for you?

How long do you soak their feed to turn it into mash? 20 minutes, an hour?

That sounds pretty good! I'll be putting my 6 in a box in the bathroom for the first day, so I can keep the ambient room temperature around 80, and adjust it down every few hours. After a few days-week?, I'll transfer them to a 5x5 pet tent. I didn't buy grit. They only had 25 pound bags! On...

Congrats! Have you decided where to brood the chicks, heat source, etc?

Oh, I didn't see this last night. They should have been okay assuming that they could see each other, but not mingle. How did it go?

I was wondering about visiting chicken keeping friends... Am I likely to track pathogens home to my flock?

I'm overthinking, I know.

Hi Betty, Can you put up fencing between the different groups, so they can see each other for a while, to get used to the new dynamic?

That's good to know! I heard it helps to approach them from the side so they don't think you're a predator, so at first I'll use a small box with a high side opening, and then after a week or so I'll put them in a pet tent. I'll probably end up with chickens running everywhere.😄

I stand corrected. Thanks.

Yes! The scape is the undeveloped flower of the garlic plant. They are so yummy when young. If you let them grow, they will make garlic seeds at maturity, but there will be hardly any bulb to speak of. Cut it off early, so that the plant pushes all it's energy into the garlic bulb, if you want...

I'd take them now, while they are tender.

If your scapes are ready now, your bulbs should be ready by the mid-end of July. Harvest one mid July, and judge it.

That would be so disappointing. I'm sorry it worked out that way. I've got 3 BO's on order, along with 3 barred rocks, as one day old chicks, near the end of June. I have never had chickens, and these seemed to be the most Grandchild friendly breeds? Maybe when I have a year under my belt, I...

Yikes. Why?

Perfect, thanks. That's what I'm aiming for.

Hi aart, I was planning to install vinyl over the floor in my new coop. At this stage the floor surface is just plywood boards. What is your floor surface made from?

Wonderful. How many chicks do you have? I have 6 on order.