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New chooks... how long to keep shut in before free ranging?

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I'm picking the new members of the family up in two sleeps time!!! CAn anyone help me and give a definitive answer as to how long they should be shut in eglu and run beofr i can let them run free! They have come from the same breeder and have lived together with dozens others for the past 18 weeks. Somewhere i think i've read 2 days. Somewhere else i read 5 days.

 

Many thanks,

 

Adam

 

(green eglu)

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i only kept mine in for 2 days - on the third day i let them out for an hour - if you do this before dusk, they will put themselves to bed. I would not try putting them in yourself - for both your sakes!! :o:shock::o

 

I then built up over the week until they were out most of the day.

 

They need long enough to know where home is... i suppose your garden size could affect this!

 

Good luck - they are garden wreckers, but they love it so much you will just let them! :lol::lol:

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