Author Topic: 5 week old chickens  (Read 1691 times)

Le Recoignot

  • Joined Oct 2009
5 week old chickens
« 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?

john and helen

  • Joined Mar 2013
  • Devon
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Re: 5 week old chickens
« Reply #1 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

 

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