The elector is wet so if you can bring them in to get dried off it should be fine.
If not, then I guess I don't know if you won't consider the dry powders.
That is 15 square feet, which isn't big enough for your six even. They need 4 square feet per bird, more if they get locked in for weeks at a time due to weather. Overcrowding causes pecking and bullying issues.
Can you find a used shed perhaps on Marketplace?
We have three from our neighbor about 1/2 mile away that come over here. They can have the chicken feed. If we were raising them, they'd be on game feed or all flock.
The owners of these are two doctors, so we don't worry too much about diseases but that should be a consideration more from...
She's not handling the move well, obviously.
Who knows what her motives were, but I'd keep her isolated away from the rest for a few days and then try it again. Hopefully by then, the other new one will be hanging out with yours. I'd make it so they can all see each other.
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Oh, yes. There is a great advantage when we can choose a chick or two to keep and it's what we want sex-wise!!
You know I'll be posting pictures as soon as they hatch! I am excited!! :yesss::wee
I just love the coloring. Even if she turned out not cuckoo, I'd still love having one or a few like her. :love
I probably said this before about sex-linked chicks but mine are, and I ignore it. Just today I had a gal asking about buying some of my chicks but wishes she could just get...
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