How To Look After Your Chicken. Hence if your chickens eggs have been stored for more than 7 days do not proceed with incubating them. Both chick crumb and rearer feeder should contain a.
Chickens tend to roost close together to keep warm but overcrowding will lead to some very unhappy and unhealthy chooks. With a heat lamp or using a broody hen to bring them up. In summer chickens need lots of greens and she suggested freezing a two-litre ice cream container filled with spinach lettuce herbs crushed garlic comfrey and water and put that in a tray in their pen.
This litter can be removed and composted.
Take water and food for your chickens and make regular stops so they can eat and drink. Feeding housing and daily care. Full grown chickens need a constant supply of chicken feed shell grit and water. 1232019 Up until 7 days hatchability is still pretty good after which it starts declining at a rapid speed.