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ditto -- i've put chicks outdoors in unheated pens as early as 4 weeks old, and they've all done fine, even in quite cold (for the bay area) temps. chickens are tough critters.

my one-year-old birchen marans is going to need to find a new home -- thought i would check in with folks here first, in case of interest? he's very easy-going and sweet, i just have decided to keep my other rooster for breeding... please PM me if interested!

aren't they adorable? they are silver campines, and look nothing like their adult plumage:

there are actually 8 out so far, but here are two of the silver campines:

they actually are starting early -- three out already!

the chicks look fabulous! and Dawn, the color on those marans eggs is fabulous! i have an incubator full of eggs that should be hatching monday or tuesday of this week: isbars, silver campines, and birchen marans. can't wait to see the little fuzzies!

I will do my best to be there! although am driving home from Santa Barbara the day before...

sure, depending on schedule!

both so beautiful!

i'm up in Sonoma Co., not in the immediate Bay Area -- but i solved this not-always-home-to-let-them-in-and-out problem by designing the henhouse *inside* a predator-proof run, using hardware cloth for the wire. whenever i'm home, i let the flock out to free-range, but if i'm not home, they...

totally busted -- picking 'em up today... (so excited!)

i'm interested in the campines! just sent you a PM...

that's exactly what i do, use a rake for cleaning (see the first photo, it's leaning against the henhouse) -- but still, if i wanted to actually reach a chicken that was in the back, i can't do it without getting IN to the henhouse, which is awkward -- but, overall, i love the design. right now...

if i'm home, i let them out to free-range, so yes leave it open -- i don't know why i don't just let them out all the time, they seem to look out for themselves fine free-ranging when i'm not here (the few times i haven't been able to round them up or etc), but somehow i just feel better knowing...

this one's in Sonoma County -- no insulation, everyone does just fine. free-ranging outside my friend henry built the whole thing as a gift for me (i paid for the materials) -- and we may add another 8' section this summer inside the henhouse -- there are hinged doors that ordinary...

they're magnificent!!

Quote: i'm off of Lichau, on Eagle Ridge, up fairly close to Fairfield Osborn Preserve. hello neighbor!! laura

just chiming in, WFS took my two extra boys last summer -- definitely a good option! and also wanted to say hello, as i technically live in Penngrove too -- am up here on Sonoma Mtn. *waving to my Sonoma Co. neighbors*!

and hello from another Sonoma Co. person -- beautiful coop! love the red door... best, laura

mine ignore it, there are several big shrubs on my property & they happily peck around underneath but must avoid eating it, as they're all fine...