I plan to coop train them. THey will have their own house right in the garden, far removed from the other poultry, and the garden in fenced in. I know they wont hesitate to fly over the fence, but am hoping that by showing them where home is and giving them enough to nest under in the fenced...
THey did not smell bad after that first day, and everyone is doing great! I dont know if I care for their dispositions much, but they are going to be useful on the farm so I will cope.
Crap! Well, I will check tonight, after they have had a full 24 hours in the brooder to see if they still smell.... if they do, I guess I wont be adding the new chicks to THAT brooder...
The guinea keets we just got smell BAD. Like, rank dog-poop bad. I thought they would be just like chickens, if not cleaner and less smelly... granted, they were stressed and in a box, but they were only in the box for maybe 10 minutes and it was so bad that we had to open the window in the...