How to SAFELY Move Baby Chicks Outside (watch this first) 🐥☀️🌱

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Henlo! I am The President of Chickenlandia and I want to welcome you to Chickenlandia, a magical place where my pet chickens (and a few ducks) live an awesome life. In this video, I share how to safely transition your baby chicks outside. #chickenlandia #welcometochickenlandia #urbanchickens
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@celiaperry7889 3 жыл бұрын

This is PERFECT TIMING!!! Becouse I just got baby chicks!!!

@Patchouliprince 3 жыл бұрын

Just got my baby chicks one week ago! Definitely taking notes! Your videos have been such a blessing so far

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Yay!! Congrats!

@ChickenChannelBawkPog 3 жыл бұрын

Poggers

@petfunwitheliza 3 ай бұрын

thank you for saving my chicks, and helping them grow up.

@heartkitty1691 3 жыл бұрын

I need me a silkly!🐥

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Yasss

@Coolgamer-ys7qt 3 жыл бұрын

Me too! 💕

@villagesteader3552 3 жыл бұрын

My Easter Eggers have made the transition out of the brooder...it’s been a week. Today was their first thunderstorm and like any Mother Hen I was watching out a window to make sure they were ok!😜♥️👍

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Haha totally been there!!

@CameronEatsDirt 3 жыл бұрын

Aww your chicks are so cutteee! We had a broody silver pencil cochin hen that hatched out multiple chicks a few weeks ago, and they’re starting to get some of their adult feathers 🥺 The chicks are barred Cochins and one tiny pure silver pencil Cochin. We might be getting a few all black cochins too. The other hens would lay their eggs under her. While we are talking about my chickens, I want to talk about one of my favorite hens I own. I have a very snuggly barred rock. She is a small slim hen, and unfortunately in the winter she lost her foot to frostbite. Surprisingly this made her super nice, and she will actually fly onto my shoulder or in the back of my hoodie. A week ago I hand fed her some fruit while I was holding her, and I put her inside with me while I was watching videos on KZfaq. It’s impossible not to like that chicken, I swear. I should probably get going now, feel free to respond. Sorry in advance for any grammatical errors, I am mostly using voice to text. Bye!

@pepperthechicken7969 3 жыл бұрын

I usually put my chicks outside at around 4 to 5 weeks old the main reason is because the weather where i live is pretty nice but if is gonna be like 40 degrees at night i put them back inside the house, i also put my chicks outside when they are young so that the other hens and roosters meet them, if i see a hen being mean ill just put the hen in chicken jail.

@PinkTaurus93 Жыл бұрын

Chicken jail 😂 love it! Do they learn to be nicer that way??

@vfoxdesigns 3 жыл бұрын

I’m picking up my babies this weekend! 😍💛💛💛 one Lavender Ameraucana, one Silkie and Buff Orpington!!!

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

OMG so exciting!!!

@GoodPersonTestWebsite 3 жыл бұрын

We got 4 barred rock chicks and 3 pekin ducklings last weekend! We're loving them! First time :)

@GoodPersonTestWebsite 3 жыл бұрын

We brought them outside for a few minutes yesterday they were so confused haha!

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Haha yay!! Lucky little chicks!

@ChickenChannelBawkPog 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@BockBockBouquet 3 жыл бұрын

Awww Bubba-Licious is too cute! He looked like our buff silkie hen when she was a chick, so we thought it might be a girl. Too bad, but he'll be alright with your other little guy. Can't wait to watch all of these babies grow!

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@celiaperry7889 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE taking outside my chicks when there younger not too young but a good age!!! It teaches them to forage too!😁😁😁👍👏🏻

@celiaperry7889 3 жыл бұрын

This might just be my experience for my batches of chicks BUT THE LOVE DUST BATHS!!!!

@jhmo4 3 жыл бұрын

Gah! The silkies are doing great! 😁 love to see that they are in such great care!

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@FleetwoodPatch 3 жыл бұрын

I’m moving mine out in about 3 weeks. Thank you so much for the tips!

@eddieabernathy5998 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as always🐓

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Aww thank you!

@GJAFarm 2 жыл бұрын

We are very happy to be on your channel, success always to you

@dinavoutour7796 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

@EccentricNature 3 жыл бұрын

I'm just watching for the cuteness factor.

@RandomWandrer Жыл бұрын

Lovely video. Thank you

@AlongTheRiverHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

bubbalicious, I love it! LOL! It's kinda like hardening off plants!

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Yessss!!!

@Ice_queen312 2 жыл бұрын

Marshmallow for the nameless fluffers! You can call her Marsha for short 😆😆

@Coolgamer-ys7qt 3 жыл бұрын

Ours stayed outside for the first time last night. 😬🤞 Need to go check on them now! I hope they've been ok, it's 6.15am here now in UK and 5*C. Been acclimatising them over the weeks, first with no heat... right up to having the window open in the room they've been sleeping. Sooo chilly in our shower room of a morning! Amazingly they've been doing great. I hope they've been ok out in their coop all night! 😱😱

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

I’m always super nervous that first night! 🐥🐥🐥

@wolfjunction8875 3 жыл бұрын

So cute. We just hatched fifteen silkies two weeks ago and we’re keeping seven of them (hopefully I’ve picked mostly girls too lol) We’re on Vancouver Island so it will probably about a month before they’re outside for good but they won’t even get a playtime outside for a while. The hot April turned back to COLD spring.

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Silkies are so much fun!

@BleuLotusGardens 2 жыл бұрын

I literally am watching this for my fourth time I gotta make sure my babies are safe haha :)

@WelcometoChickenlandia 2 жыл бұрын

They’re gonna do great! 😃

@cafedunier 3 жыл бұрын

Omg with the baby music ahhhhhn

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

🐥🐥🐥

@ChickenChannelBawkPog 3 жыл бұрын

1:10 captions: hi people on KZfaq. Remember to subscribe to welcome to chickenlandia. Did I do good?

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

HAHA yes!!

@thatran99 2 жыл бұрын

May I ask you how do you get different breeds?where are you buy them? Thank for your help.

@thegildedstork8167 Ай бұрын

would you do a video on how to move chicks from brooder to an outdoor pen for a little playtime and back again? How do you catch them without traumatizing them? By the time I am able to catch one and put into a box, the others are now terrified running around the brooder freaking out. While I'm catching the next baby, the first one flies outta the box 😩🤣😂

@dconstantin2089 3 жыл бұрын

When will you make a bawk talk, I always miss them

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Monday 5/10 at 5pm pacific time if all goes as planned! ❤️🐥❤️

@katherinecain7821 3 жыл бұрын

Can you make a video of your little chicken garden and how you built it? The one with the wire on top that they walk on but still eat what comes through.

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Check this out! ❤️ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pJuVm9l73M2pYXk.html

@jamee6 2 жыл бұрын

What would you suggest regarding chicks that are 5-6 weeks old, and the outside temps are in the mid 70s during the day, and upper 50s at night? I'm a newbie, and I'm having trouble figuring out whether they are fully feathered or not.

@jeanburgin160 3 жыл бұрын

Love the new baby chicks!!! Have you moved yet? I love to see the chicks scratching and looking for bugs.

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Not yet! Soon 😃

@tastycar 3 жыл бұрын

When they get 'of age', we'll let everyone free range together. The little ones have a smaller coop aka the transitional apartment until we feel the girls are used to them enough to move them into the big house.

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Nice!!

@sandramiller9488 11 ай бұрын

How do I mix 10 week old chicks (5) with 20 week olds (3) that are already laying eggs -- from a FOOD standpoint? My run is only 8x10 so I can’t separate them. Do I feed just “grower” food (not sure what that is yet)& supplement the 3 older ones with egg shells?

@tracymurray7843 3 жыл бұрын

I live in VA and I just got 4 babies. its about 70 at night here now. do I still need to wait until they are 8 weeks to have them outside?

@infinitelyblessed359 2 ай бұрын

Hello Chicken Queen, May I pose a question to your highness ? ;) :) I have 3, 8 wk old chicks that grew up with, 3, 6 wk old chicks. Here in the Massachusetts area temps are in the mid to upper 40's at night, so would that still be too cold for them all to be in a small coop together, or would the 8 wk old ones keep them warm enough? The day temps are in the high 50's to the upper 60's and I keep them outside (bowing gracefully) Thank you ;) :)

@kimtennant2213 3 ай бұрын

What is your advice when putting new babies with an existing flock

@AlexRSN 3 жыл бұрын

My chicks are 6 weeks old and they don't eat lettuce, strawberries, etc. Do you know why? Do I need to cut them up smaller?

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

No, it's usually because they are just scared to try new things. They will soon figure it out! :-)

@AlexRSN 3 жыл бұрын

@@WelcometoChickenlandia They just like to play "Keep away" with it, then they lose interest. It's fun to watch.... until you have to clean up the lettuce peices.

@teresamarsh4174 2 жыл бұрын

My chicks are 5 1/2 weeks, room where brooder is is currently 62. I’m considering removing heat plate this week, to start acclimating them towards cooler temps. Is this reasonable?

@DoodleOnAMotorcycle 3 жыл бұрын

BUBBA!!!!!!!

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

LOL yasss

@GoodPersonTestWebsite 3 жыл бұрын

Utoh 👿 🐓 has competition 🤣

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

🤣 Right??

@heatherk8931 2 жыл бұрын

Its currently 80° and May 23, chicks 6 weeks. Can I get them outside? I have 7 standard

@msrashmie4330 3 жыл бұрын

Is it ok to give a baby chicken some mashed green gram sprout or just a green gram sprout ?

@cathyl4622 3 жыл бұрын

I moved my chicks to their coop and kept them on there 24/7 for 11 days. Then I introduced them to the run.They seem very happy however they are eating quite a bit less. There is no more am feeding frenzy. Could it be they were bored in the coop and ate out of boredom? Or they are foraging in their sizable run and satiated? Their run has lots of chickweed and I throw in some garden scraps (spinach, parsley, carrot tops).

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, I'm sure they are just grazing a lot! They sound like they have a pretty great life. :-)

@mjnm5713 Жыл бұрын

How can you tell if they are or not roosters?

@nidhi.v.p5676 3 жыл бұрын

Ma'am please answer me what baby chicks eat?

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Hi there! They can eat many things but modern chicks usually eat chick starter. :-)

@Louise-xr5ok 2 жыл бұрын

How do you know he is a rooster?

@honeybadgerhomestead4311 2 жыл бұрын

I need your advice, Madame President. My chickens have been successfully brought outside into their new run. They are doing well and they have adjusted to the Texas heat due to the things that you have taught me throughout past months. My problem is that I cannot get them to go into their coop. They just won't. I have the door to the coop open and the door to the run underneath shut and they still won't go up the ramp and out the door. And I still have to put them in there every night physically. They huddle by the outside door of the main run if I don't. Any thoughts? I know you're busy but you are the chicken guru.

@angryrick2330 Жыл бұрын

What did you end up doing?

@honeybadgerhomestead4311 Жыл бұрын

@@angryrick2330 I actually ended up rebuilding their entire coop and they love it now.

@mukbangfoods5643 3 жыл бұрын

I think you should name The white silky Albert Einstein because of her crazy hairdo

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@usa9363 3 жыл бұрын

Hi.. You really never know them if male or female at least 6month. I thought that my 4 out of 8 silkies might roosters at the beginning, but only 1 is a rooster( so gentle) in 8months. I hope you have all hens... rooster is also perfect, but I know your concerns.🤞💕💕💕💕

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

You were so right about this! I was so sure and now I'm not. I'm making a video about it right now. 😳

@jenessa_0974 3 жыл бұрын

Mrs. President I have an urgent question!! My baby chick can’t stand or walk but it does not have splayed legs because it’s feet are together but it’s toes are curled and it’s fingers are swollen! We put bandaid’s instead of tape and a rubber band between its feet, and the next day it was walking fine so we took it out, and today I woke up it’s swollen and even worse. I have posted pictures on backyard chicken websites. I’m just bummed out and feel bad for it.😭

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Ugh I’m so sorry. She may need a strong course of vitamins along with the treatment you are doing. Check out this blog post: welcometochickenlandia.com/blog/splayed-leg-and-curled-toes-the-best-treatment-ive-seen/

@abigailpack8460 3 жыл бұрын

Hi!! how did you know Bubbalicious was a rooster?

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

His comb really started to redden up at about three weeks and he also has a few other roosterish characteristics. But I could be wrong! Stranger things have happened lol!

@lisacamp1964 3 жыл бұрын

Is it safe to not use heat with full grown Silkies in freezing winters? (months of snow and freezing temps) I had planned to use a radiant heater in the coop because I thought their feathers didn't keep them as warm as a other breeds?

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

If you live in an area where there are months of freezing temps I would use a radiant heater in the coop for breeds that aren’t as cold hardy. I’ve never had an issue where I live, but I don’t live in a area where the temps are extreme. That would be the “special circumstances” I was referring to. I’m glad you asked because I didn’t think of mentioning that in the video!

@lisacamp1964 3 жыл бұрын

@@WelcometoChickenlandia Thank you so much for replying and also for all you do!! There is so much good info in this video that I had to watch it twice! Ive watched most of your videos twice or refer back to them often!!! I appreciate you!!!

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Aww thank you so much. I love hearing that. 🐔❤️

@rebekaaimee 2 жыл бұрын

I grabbed some grass to put in the brooder for my 6 chicks at 2 weeks old…well they got an eye infection, 3 died & I’m still treating the other three. So stressful!

@WelcometoChickenlandia 2 жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry that happened! Were you able to get a diagnosis as to what happened?

@rebekaaimee 2 жыл бұрын

@@WelcometoChickenlandia the vet has told me there’s lots of avian viruses in the area because we just had floods. She sold me antibiotics & an eye ointment. I hope they come good, I’m worried one is blind

@PumkpinSpiceAvery 3 жыл бұрын

How old does a chicken need to be before I leave them outside in 40 degree weather? My chickens have been moved outside for about two nights and naturally the weather has shifted. I've got them back in their brooder, but no one is happy about it. Just wondering how long I need to do the chicken weather dance.

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

I would only put them in the brooder at night and leave the heat off. At ten weeks they should be fine with 40 degrees. What breed are they?

@PumkpinSpiceAvery 3 жыл бұрын

@@WelcometoChickenlandia They're Easter Eggers and about eight and half weeks old. I actually decided to get chickens the day I learned about the "breed". My dogs are both mutts, and I love the idea of chicken mutts that might lay some unique-looking eggs. I think they're growing up a little on the slow side of normal, but it's hard to say since they're my first chickens.

@madisonhulstrunk5074 3 жыл бұрын

We got 24 baby chicks 1 months ago

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Yay!!

@maryvalentine8076 3 жыл бұрын

Does road island reds come in black color

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

They only come in the red color. ☺️

@maryvalentine8076 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information I love how you explain about taking care of the chickens

@ericjohnson1008 3 жыл бұрын

Oh poo...... Mine went straight outside after I picked them up. Granted I'm in south Texas. LOL

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

My PNW chicks might melt down there! 🤣

@Curly_Locks 3 жыл бұрын

I’m in South Texas, too. I think we are going to be transitioning them outside at 3 weeks. They are getting too big for our space. 🤦🏻‍♀️

@ericjohnson1008 3 жыл бұрын

@@Curly_Locks you definitely need a different kind of brooder down here. LOL My wife got tired of them inside a few years back so I made adjustments.

@ericjohnson1008 3 жыл бұрын

@@WelcometoChickenlandia yes your pampered chicks might not like the heat. LOL they might think they were getting cooked. Hahaha

@Caroline-it4iu 3 жыл бұрын

Can chicken eat maggots and not die please let me know I have chicken my chicken ate maggots and it's her first time can she die or she can live a healthy life

@WelcometoChickenlandia 3 жыл бұрын

Unless there was like poison on the maggots she will be fine! Some people raise maggots for chickens to eat.

@Caroline-it4iu 3 жыл бұрын

@@WelcometoChickenlandia thank you for the reply I'm new watching your KZfaq video