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.
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...
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.😄
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...
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...
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?