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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Le Recoignot on April 01, 2013, 08:42:22 pm

Title: 5 week old chickens
Post by: Le Recoignot on April 01, 2013, 08:42:22 pm

We have just acquired 22 5 week old table chickens. We live in Western France, currently sunshine in the day with a bit of a Northerly wind. They are housed in a building with ventilation at eye level, I have tried to eliminate draughts at lower level, there is likely to be a slight frost in the mornings. The birds are fully feathered  and housed on straw - will they be warm enough and survive?

Title: Re: 5 week old chickens
Post by: john and helen on April 01, 2013, 09:08:29 pm

seeing as they are fully feathered, they should be fine, keeping out the draughts is the most important thing at that age,
they are tough little things.. I had no problems with mine